2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2011.00107.x
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Dominican Party System Continuity amid Regional Transformations: Economic Policy, Clientelism, and Migration Flows

Abstract: In the 1980s and 1990s, economic crisis produced ideological convergence in many Latin American party systems. Much scholarship explores how this convergence frequently provoked system change that enabled renewed ideological differentiation, but little research examines instances where convergence persisted without destabilizing the system. Through comparative historical analysis of Dominican continuity amid regional change, this study identifies factors that sustain or challenge party systems. Then, through a… Show more

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“…In the Dominican case, Morgan et al (2011) reach a more troublesome conclusion regarding partisanship among remittance recipients. On the one hand, they find that recipients are much more likely than non-recipients to be affiliated with one of the two dominant parties, thereby indicating higher levels of engagement with the formal political system.…”
Section: Indirect Migrant Influence On Political Engagement Back Homementioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the Dominican case, Morgan et al (2011) reach a more troublesome conclusion regarding partisanship among remittance recipients. On the one hand, they find that recipients are much more likely than non-recipients to be affiliated with one of the two dominant parties, thereby indicating higher levels of engagement with the formal political system.…”
Section: Indirect Migrant Influence On Political Engagement Back Homementioning
confidence: 99%
“…In response to the sustainable human development challenges being faced by the DR, the country's political leadership, led by President Leonel Fernandez, has implemented several sustainability-focused "enlightened, progressive, and effective" (Holmes, 2010, p. 625) policies and austere, neoliberal reform measures (Morgan, Hartlyn, & Espinal, 2011) aimed at identifying and implementing international trade partnerships and domestic investments (Business Monitor International, 2010) that promote social, environmental, and economic stability in the nation. Furthermore, the DR's international commitment to the United Nations Millennium Declaration (Gagain, 2006a), and subsequent selection as a Millennium Project pilot country (Gagain, 2006b), has prompted the nation to address domestic sustainable human development issues by prioritizing the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 (Achecar, 2010).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…32.4 percent of Paraguay's population lived under the national poverty line in 2011, a figure that had fallen by only 3.7 percent since 1998; 62.9 percent of the urban labour force was employed in the informal sector (World Bank, 2012c); and 35.4 percent of the 97 As ethnicity is prominent as an explanatory variable for patronage in regions beyond Latin America (see, for instance, Berman, 1998), I do not examine it in detail for the two cases. Having said that, ethnic devisions may have added to patronage incentives in the DR in particular (Morgan, Hartlyn, & Espinal, 2011). Rather than collectively seeking state reform, voters thus tended to individually demand access to public sector jobs.…”
Section: Voter Preferences For Patronage and Professionalizationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to some estimates, less than 20 percent of public servants held university degrees, for instance (Morgan et al, 2011).…”
Section: Gifting Tenure Securing State Control Depriving Successorsmentioning
confidence: 99%