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Power and the Vote: Elections and Electricity in the Developing World

By Brian Min

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
1107109841, 9781107109841
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
54 MB (56825637 bytes)
Pages
214\214
Time added
2016-10-16 11:53:23
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Description

How do developing states decide who gets access to public goods like electricity, water, and education? Power and the Vote breaks new ground by showing that the provision of seemingly universal public goods is intricately shaped by electoral priorities. In doing so, this book introduces new methods using high-resolution satellite imagery to study the distribution of electricity across and within the developing world. Combining cross-national evidence with detailed sub-national analysis and village-level data from India, Power and the Vote affirms the power of electoral incentives in shaping the distribution of public goods and challenges the view that democracy is a luxury of the rich with little relevance to the world's poor.

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