TY - BOOK ID - 101519187 TI - Evading the patronage trap : interest representation in Mexico PY - 2022 SN - 0472902873 0472075446 0472055445 PB - Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, DB - UniCat KW - Economic policy. KW - Economic nationalism KW - Economic planning KW - National planning KW - State planning KW - Economics KW - Planning KW - National security KW - Social policy KW - Central / national / federal government policies KW - Subsidies KW - Elite (Social sciences) KW - Political aspects KW - Partido de la Revolución Democrática (Mexico) KW - Partido Acción Nacional (Mexico) KW - Partido Revolucionario Institucional KW - Mexico KW - Economic policy KW - Political aspects. KW - Business subsidies KW - Corporate subsidies KW - Corporate welfare KW - Government subsidies KW - Grants KW - Subventions KW - Vouchers (Subsidies) KW - Welfare, Corporate KW - Government aid KW - Foreign trade promotion KW - Trade adjustment assistance KW - PRI KW - P.R.I. KW - Partido de la Revolución Mexicana KW - PAN (Partido Acción Nacional) KW - National Action Party (Mexico) KW - Partido de Acción Nacional (Mexico) KW - Acción Nacional (Mexico) KW - PRD KW - Democratic Revolutionary Party (Mexico) KW - Partido Revolucionario Democrático (Mexico) KW - Alianza por México UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101519187 AB - "Why have Latin American democracies proven unable to confront the structural inequalities that cripple their economies and stymie social mobility? Brian Palmer-Rubin contends that we may lay the blame on these countries' systems of interest representation, which exhibit "biased pluralism," a system in which the demands of organizations representing economic elites--especially large corporations--predominate. A more inclusive model of representation would not only require a more encompassing and empowered set of institutions to represent workers, but would also feature spaces for non-elite producers--such as farmers and small-business owners to have a say in sectoral economic policies. With analysis drawing on over 100 interviews, an original survey, and official government data, this book focuses on such organizations and develops an account of biased pluralism in developing countries typified by the centrality of patronage--discretionarily allocated state benefits. Rather than serving as conduits for demand-making about development models, political parties and interest organizations often broker state subsidies or social programs, augmenting the short-term income of beneficiaries, but doing little to improve their long-term economic prospects. When organizations become diverted into patronage politics, the economic demands of the masses go unheard in the policies that most affect their lives, and along the way, their economic interests go unrepresented." ER -