Poverty Shaping Politics

Machine Parties and Their Unexpected Challengers

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

Av Rodrigo Zarazaga, Rodrigo (Instituto Universitario CIAS) Zarazaga

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Drawing on substantial original interviews and fieldwork data from Argentina's marginalized urban areas, Poverty Shaping Politics reveals how the spatial segregation of slums and vulnerable neighborhoods compels the poor to seek out local political brokers to access resources, while politicians depend on these brokers to navigate poor areas and garner political support. Rodrigo Zarazaga uniquely demonstrates that the establishment of broker networks is driven more by the conditions of segregated poverty and vulnerability than by the inherent capabilities of 'machine-like' parties. Using the case of Cambiemos challenging Peronism in poor districts, Zarazaga provides the first account of a party building broker networks to contest a dominant machine party. While existing literature suggests that sustained economic development can weaken machine parties, this book shows that entrenched and widespread poverty can also threaten their hegemony.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-05-22
Mått229 x 152 x 18 mm
Vikt412 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor281
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009632942

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Part I. Discussing Machine Parties' Power: 1. Introduction; 2. A theory from the territory; Part II. Territorial Network Strategies in Argentina: 3. Brokers as party links to the poor; 4. Who are the Punteros and what do they do?; Part III. Cambiemos' Window of Opportunity in 2015: 5. A network for sale; 6. The Peronist divide and the success of Cambiemos; Part IV. Cambiemos' Networks: 7. Building an alternative network; 8. A working machine; Part V. Conclusions in Comparative Perspective: 9. Territorial network strategies beyond Argentina; 10. Final remarks; References.

'Challenging much of the established thinking about politics at the urban margins, this book offers invaluable and novel insights about the practices of grassroots politicians and their dynamic networks. Bravo Zarazaga for his clear prose and illuminating analysis. This book will be widely discussed in the years to come.' Javier Auyero, Author of Squatter Life. Persistence at the Urban Margins of Buenos Aires