Description
Claim-Making in Comparative Perspective investigates how ordinary citizens engage with state institutions and make demands for rights, resources, and recognition across diverse political and economic contexts. The book synthesizes research on everyday citizenship practices, analyzing when and how people make claims on their governments and what outcomes result from these interactions.
By comparing claim-making strategies across countries and development levels, the authors demonstrate how citizens navigate bureaucratic systems, mobilize for change, and shape political processes from below. The work challenges conventional understandings of political participation by highlighting informal and formal mechanisms through which citizens assert their rights and interests. This Element contributes to development politics literature by showing how citizen engagement affects state capacity, institutional responsiveness, and democratic accountability in diverse settings.
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