All by Myself: Personal Qualifications versus Party Affiliation in Colombian Mayoral Elections Academic Article

abstract

• AbstractPolitical decentralization has been promoted as a way to devolve responsibility, bring government closer to citizens, and improve accountability. The shift prompted new local elections, but were the elected officials responsive to citizens or to national party elites? This study examines unique survey data from 125 Colombian mayors to identify the factors they believe were critical in their victories and thereby to identify the people to whom they believe they owe loyalty: citizens or party leaders. Examining the relative value mayors assign to their own actions versus those of the party, combined with information on how they financed campaigns, sheds important light on subnational electoral dynamics in Colombia.

authors

• Escobar-Lemmon, Maria

published proceedings

• LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY

author list (cited authors)

• Avellaneda, C. N., & Escobar-Lemmon, M. C.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Avellaneda, Claudia N||Escobar-Lemmon, Maria C

publication date

• June 2012

publisher

• Cambridge University Press (CUP)  Publisher

published in

• Latin American Politics and Society  Journal

keywords

• 44 Human Society
• 4408 Political Science

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2012.00155.x

start page

• 109

end page

• 132

volume

• 54

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-2456.2012.00155.x