“Brokering Votes: Clientelism in Comparative Perspective” Conference – February 27-28, 2015

The CPD Task Force on Political Clientelism is organizing a conference entitled “Brokering Votes: Clientelism in Comparative Perspective”, to be held on February 27-28, 2015, that will focus on improving our comparative understanding of clientelism as well as develop innovative designs to assess causes and consequences of clientelism. Additional information about this conference can be found here.

The CPD Task Force on Political Clientelism is a network of scholars who leverage knowledge of different contexts to study the causes and effects of clientelism in developing countries. This research has policy as well as social-scientific implications, shedding light on the types of interventions that are most likely to impede clientelism. The following faculty and graduate students are associated with the Task Force on Political Clientelism:

Leonardo Arriola, Associate Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley
Katherine Baldwin, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University
Jennifer Bussell, Gruber Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, UC Berkeley
Ernesto Dal Bó,  Phillips Girgich Associate Professor of Business, UC Berkeley
Thad Dunning, Robson Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley
Frederico Finan, Associate Professor of Economics and Political Economy, UC Berkeley
Jessica Gottlieb, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University
Lucas Novaes, Graduate Student, UC Berkeley
Daniel Posner, Coleman Professor of International Development, UCLA
Mark Schneider, Graduate Student, Columbia University
Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro, Bernstein Assistant Professor of Political Science, Brown University