{"product_id":"incumbency-bias-why-political-office-is-a-blessing-and-a-curse-in-latin-america-paperback-softback-9781009636544","title":"Incumbency Bias; Why Political Office is a Blessing and a Curse in Latin America (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009636544","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIncumbency Bias\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWhy Political Office is a Blessing and a Curse in Latin America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplains why elections generate incumbency advantage in Argentina and the US, and incumbency disadvantage in India and Brazil.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLuis Schiumerini (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009636544, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.1 x 1.5 cm, 0.41 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… a methodological tour de force.' Matthew M. Taylor, Latin American Politics and Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe conventional wisdom in political science is that incumbency provides politicians with a massive electoral advantage. This assumption has been challenged by the recent anti-incumbent cycle. When is incumbency a blessing for politicians and when is it a curse? Incumbency Bias offers a unified theory that argues that democratic institutions will make incumbency a blessing or curse by shaping the alignment between citizens' expectations of incumbent performance and incumbents' capacity to deliver. This argument is tested through a comparative investigation of incumbency bias in Brazil, Argentina and Chile that draws on extensive fieldwork and an impressive array of experimental and observational evidence. Incumbency Bias demonstrates that rather than clientelistic or corrupt elites compromising accountability, democracy can generate an uneven playing field if citizens demand good governance but have limited information. While focused on Latin America, this book carries broader lessons for understanding the electoral returns to office around the world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The puzzle of incumbency bias\u003cbr\u003e 2. Bounded accountability: a theory of incumbency bias\u003cbr\u003e 3. Too big to succeed: incumbency disadvantage in Brazilian municipalities\u003cbr\u003e 4. Commodity shocks and incumbency disadvantage in rural Brazil\u003cbr\u003e 5. When capacity meets authority: the incumbency advantage of southern cone governors\u003cbr\u003e 6. With narrow scope comes great advantage: incumbency bias in Chile\u003cbr\u003e 7. Microfoundations of incumbency bias: evidence from survey experiments\u003cbr\u003e 8. incumbency bias and democracy\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Comparative politics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Comparative politics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Comparative%20politics%20%5BJPB%5D%22\"\u003eJPB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52415671402776,"sku":"9781009636544","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009636544i.jpg?v=1784421861","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/incumbency-bias-why-political-office-is-a-blessing-and-a-curse-in-latin-america-paperback-softback-9781009636544","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}