Congratulations to former Visiting Fellow Virginia Oliveros, whose book Patronage at Work: Public Jobs and Political Services in Argentina has been published by Cambridge University Press. Oliveros, an associate professor of political science at Tulane University, was a Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow for the 2019-2020 academic year, where she finished the final edits to the book.
The book discusses the issue of "patronage employees" who receive jobs from politicians in exchange for a wide range of political services. It looks at how patronage works and its effects on political outcomes. Drawing on in-depth interviews, survey data, and survey experiments in Argentina, the book provides a systematic analysis of the political activities of mid and low-level public employees in Latin America.
"Virginia Oliveros provides an essential reading for all scholars interested in the use of patronage for political gain. This is the most sophisticated and best documented research on patronage politics," said Ernesto Calvo, professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland in his review of the book.
"The Kellogg Institute provided me the invaluable time and space to conclude this project. I am beyond grateful for the Kellogg’s intellectually stimulating and friendly environment, said Oliveros. "It was the perfect place to finish the book. "