02366nam a2200385 i 4500 CR9781009451116 UkCbUP 20250826121305.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 230620s2023||||enk o ||1 0|eng|d 9781009451116 (ebook) 9781009451154 (hardback) 9781009451161 (paperback) UkCbUP eng rda UkCbUP HG3881.5.I58 A36 2023 332.152 23 Abouharb, M. Rodwan, author. 176740 IMF lending : partisanship, punishment, and protest / M. Rodwan Abouharb, Bernhard Reinsberg. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023. 1 online resource (115 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Cambridge elements. Elements in international relations, 2515-706X Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Nov 2023). This Element argues that governments allocate adjustment burdens strategically to protect their supporters, imposing adjustment costs upon the supporters of their opponents, who then protest in response. Using large-N micro-level survey data from three world regions and a global survey, it discusses the local political economy of International Monetary Fund (IMF) lending. It finds that opposition supporters in countries under IMF structural adjustment programs (SAP) are more likely to report that the IMF SAP increased economic hardships than government supporters and countries without IMF exposure. In addition, it finds that partisan gaps in IMF SAP evaluations widen in IMF program countries with an above-median number of conditions, suggesting that opposition supporters face heavier adjustment burdens, and that opposition supporters who think SAPs made their lives worse are more likely to protest. International Monetary Fund. International finance. 36622 Debts, Public. Reinsberg, Bernhard, author. 607816 Print version: 9781009451154 Cambridge elements. Elements in international relations, 2515-706X. 607817 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009451116 320822 320822