Archive for February, 2007
Mumbai, you need less slum, more villa
Apparently the poorest folks in Mumbai vote a lot more than the middle-upper class (70% vs. 25% turnout). Why is that?
In a word, patronage. Voters in Mumbai’s poor areas turn out to vote at the behest of slumlords, who pay local politicians’ campaign expenses and ensure they get elected through orchestrating the voter turnout.
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Yo tengo las manos limpias, muchachos!
“Digan lo que digan, mientan si quieren, pero estos empleados ingratos no tienen porque quejarse. Obviamente ellos son de cuarta categorÃa también.”
