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Gerardo Scherlis
Researcher at University of Buenos Aires
Publications - 21
Citations - 283
Gerardo Scherlis is an academic researcher from University of Buenos Aires. The author has contributed to research in topics: Politics & Democracy. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 19 publications receiving 230 citations. Previous affiliations of Gerardo Scherlis include Leiden University & Facultad de Derecho.
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Party Patronage in Contemporary Europe
Petr Kopecký,Gerardo Scherlis +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that rather than declining, patronage is still likely to be a relevant feature of contemporary party politics in Europe, and identify three distinct patterns of patronage practices in the region.
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Party patronage in contemporary democracies. Results from an expert survey in 22 countries from five regions
Petr Kopecký,Jan-Hinrik Meyer Sahling,Francisco Panizza,Gerardo Scherlis,Christian Schuster,Maria Spirova +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a new dataset of party patronage in 22 countries from five regions and compare patterns of patronage within countries, across countries and across world regions that are usually studied separately.
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The Contours of Party Patronage in Argentina
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors apply an innovative empirical inquiry to measure the extent of party patronage, assessing where, how deeply, and to what extent parties reach into the Argentine federal state structures.
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Machine Politics and Democracy: The Deinstitutionalization of the Argentine Party System
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that intra-party dynamics based on particularistic exchanges constitute a double-edged sword for a political system, in that they provide party leaders with strategic flexibility, which can be essential for their party stability and for the governability of the political system.
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Unpacking Patronage: The Politics of Patronage Appointments in Argentina's and Uruguay's Central Public Administrations:
TL;DR: A taxonomy of patronage appointments based on the roles that appointees play vis-a-vis the executive, the ruling party, and the public administration is proposed in this paper.