Legisladores, captadores e assistencialistasa representação política no nível local

Resumo

This paper describes and analyses political representation at the local level, with
 emphasis on the representative’s choice between adopting clientelistic or universalistic practices. Based on a non-representative sample of 112 local representatives from twelve municipalities of Minas Gerais, we identify three distinct types of representative: the legislator, who dedicates himself to the formal functions of the mandate; the fundraiser, who gives priority to meeting voters’ collective requests; and the assistencialist, who
 gives priority to meeting particularistic requests. The results from a Multinomial
 Logit regression model of the type of representative suggest that the probability
 of a representative engaging in assistencialism is conditioned by demographic, socioeconomic, political and cultural factors, thus corroborating several hypothesis from the literature on political clientelism.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Estudo

Ano

2012

Instituição

Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea)

Fonte

Repositório do Ipea

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/1056

Licença

Licença Comum

Abrangência

Minas Gerais

Palavras-chave

Representação políticaPolítica localClientelismoPráticas políticas universalistas