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A Situational Theory of Pork Barrel Politics: The Shifting Logic of Discretionary Allocations in India

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  • Chanchal Kumar Sharma

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A rich panel dataset on Indian states is used to propose a situational theory of distributive politics which states that incentives for exclusive targeting of affiliated states in dominant party systems drive national ruling parties towards particularism, while the shrinking opportunity to indulge in such a policy in multiparty coalition systems creates a universalisation effect. Additionally, the disaggregated analysis of discretionary grants brings to the fore the fact that the shift from particularism to universalism occurs for schematic grants, which provide an opportunity for credit claiming. The ad hoc grants, which are like side payments, remain subject to par ticularism. [GIGA Working paper No. 298].

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  • Chanchal Kumar Sharma, 2017. "A Situational Theory of Pork Barrel Politics: The Shifting Logic of Discretionary Allocations in India," Working Papers id:11966, eSocialSciences.
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    1. Chanchal Kumar Sharma & Sandra Destradi & Johannes Plagemann, 0. "Partisan Federalism and Subnational Governments' International Engagements: Insights from India," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Oxford University Press, vol. 50(4), pages 566-592.
    2. Sharma, Chanchal Kumar, 2017. "Federalism and Foreign Direct Investment: How Political Affiliation Determines the Spatial Distribution of FDI – Evidence from India," GIGA Working Papers 307, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.

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    Keywords

    Distributive politics; pork-barrel politics; particularism; universalism; one- party majority government; multiparty coalition government; India; distributive politics; national ruling parties;
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    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
    • H70 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - General
    • H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
    • H73 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects
    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism

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