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This book improves understandings of how and why clientelism endures in Latin America and why state policy is often ineffective. Political scientists and sociologists, the contributors employ ethnography, targeted interviews, case studies, within-case and regional comparison, thick descriptions, and process tracing.

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PART I: INTRODUCTION Democratic Processes, Clientelistic Relationships, and the Material Goods Problem; T.Hilgers PART II: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES Favors, ´Merit Ribbons,´ and Services: Analyzing the Fragile Resilience of Clientelism; L.Roniger What is Politics for? Inequality, Representation, and Needs Satisfaction Under Clientelism and Democracy; J.Shefner PART III: THE MULTIPLE DYNAMICS OF CLIENTELISM IN LATIN AMERICA Democratic Processes, Patronage Politics, and Contentious Collective Action in El Alto, Bolivia; P.Lapegna & J.Auyero Clientelism, Democracy, and Violence in Rio de Janeiro; R.Gay When Clients Become Collective Actors: Participatory Budgeting, Changing Mobilization Patterns and Varieties of Clientelism in Democratizing Recife, Brazil; F.Montambeault Clientelism and Subnational Politics in Latin America: Reflections on Oaxaca, Mexico and Bahia, Brazil; J.D.Herrmann Fragmented Clientelism in Montevideo: Training Ground for Community Engagement with Participatory Decentralization; E.Canel PART IV: PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF STUDY Clientelistic Democracy or Democratic Clientelism: A Matter of Context; T.Hilgers State Power and Clientelism: Eight Propositions for Discussion; J.Fox

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´The dynamics of clientelism in Latin America are analyzed from varying qualitative, theoretical perspectives in this book edited by Hilgers Comparative overviews assess the nature and level of clientelism across the region, and various case studies provide micro-level detail - the "everyday" of the title - on clientelism in parts of Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, and Uruguay this volume is useful for political scientists, but perhaps even more so for sociologists and scholars of Latin America Recommended.´ - Choice

´The so-called third wave of democracy brought much optimism to developing countries. This interesting book deepens our understanding of how varieties of clientelism informally aid and abet how democracy operates in Latin America. The excellent essays are written by experts in politics in diverse countries in the region.´ - Susan Eckstein, Boston University, former president of the Latin American Studies Association

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