Runaway State-Building: Patronage Politics and Democratic Development

Contents

Contents List of Figures and Tables vii Preface ix List of Acronyms xiii Introduction   The Concept and Causes of Runaway State-Building   Constraining Government Patronage: Different Logics of Party Competition   The Runaway State-Building Phenomenon: Patronage Politics and Bureaucratic Rationalization   Remaking the Regions: The Europeanization of the State or Domestic Politics as Usual?   Local Control: Local Parties and Local State Administrations   A Runaway Welfare State? Postcommunist Welfare Politics   Exporting the Argument: Party Competition and State Effectiveness in Other New Democracies  Conclusion  Appendixes  Data on the Number of State Administrative Personnel   Data on Salaries   Interview Sample   Data Used to Calculate Party System Fractionalization   Countries Used in Cross-National Comparison  Notes 221 References 251 Index 273 This page intentionally left blank This page intentionally left blank ...