Political particularism

In political science, political particularism is "policymakers’ ability to further their career by catering to narrow interests rather than broader national platforms."^[1]

^ Alejandro Gaviria; Ugo Panizza; Ernesto Stein; Jessica Seddon (March 2000). "Political Institutions and Growth Collapses" (PDF). Inter-American Development Bank. doi:10.2139/ssrn.220452. S2CID 16673221. SSRN 220452. We define political particularism as the policymakers' ability to further their career by catering to narrow interests rather than broader national platforms. [...] Following theoretical work on the subject by Carey and Shugart (1995) and Shugart (1999), we define political particularism as the ability of policymakers to further their careers by catering to narrow interests rather than to broader national platforms.

[1] Alejandro Gaviria; Ugo Panizza; Ernesto Stein; Jessica Seddon (March 2000). "Political Institutions and Growth Collapses" (PDF). Inter-American Development Bank. doi:10.2139/ssrn.220452. S2CID 16673221. SSRN 220452. We define political particularism as the policymakers' ability to further their career by catering to narrow interests rather than broader national platforms. [...] Following theoretical work on the subject by Carey and Shugart (1995) and Shugart (1999), we define political particularism as the ability of policymakers to further their careers by catering to narrow interests rather than to broader national platforms.

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