Abstract
Abstract This chapter offers an evaluation of a central proposition of the study—that citizens living in dominant-party enclaves will be more exposed to and familiar with such political machine tactics as clientelism and corruption than those citizens living in multiparty systems. The empirical analysis offers robust support for the idea that while no political system is immune to dirty politics, individuals living in dominant-party enclaves are far more likely to have direct experience with corrupt public officials and efforts to buy their votes than their counterparts in multiparty provinces. The chapter concludes with an analysis of citizens’ perceptions of corruption and government efforts to combat it. We find that those victims of corruption in dominant-party enclaves are less inclined to view corruption as a problem than their multiparty neighbors. For the former group of citizens, the dirty politics of political machines appears to be viewed as business as usual.
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