The British Academy Brian Barry Prize Essay An Exit, Voice and Loyalty Model of Politics Academic Article

abstract

• Political scientists typically develop different models to examine distinct political phenomena such as lobbying, protests, elections and conflict. These specific models can provide important insights into a particular event, process or outcome of interest. This article takes a different tack. Rather than focus on the specificities of a given political phenomenon, this study constructs a model that captures the key elements common to most political situations. This model represents a reformulation and extension of Albert Hirschmans famousExit, Voice and Loyaltyframework. To highlight the value that comes from focusing on the commonalities that exist across apparently disparate political phenomena, the article applies the model to several issues in the democratization literature related to modernization theory, the political resource curse, inequality, foreign aid and economic performance.

authors

• Clark, William

published proceedings

• BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

altmetric score

• 18.4

author list (cited authors)

• Clark, W. R., Golder, M., & Golder, S. N.

citation count

• 27

complete list of authors

• Clark, William Roberts||Golder, Matt||Golder, Sona N

publication date

• October 2017

publisher

• Cambridge University Press (CUP)  Publisher

published in

• BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE  Journal

keywords

• Exit
• Foreign Aid
• Inequality
• Loyalty
• Modernization Theory
• Power
• Resource Curse
• Voice

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1017/S0007123416000442

start page

• 719

end page

• 748

volume

• 47

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007123416000442

user-defined tag

• 10 Reduced Inequalities