
Varieties of Clientelism
Comparing Patronage Democracies
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 26. August 2024
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Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-032-40273-4 (ISBN)
Description
Clientelism is a prominent feature of many of the world's democracies and electoral authoritarian regimes. Yet the comparative study of this practice, which involves exchanging personal favours for electoral support, remains strikingly underdeveloped. This book makes the case that clientelistic politics take different forms in different countries, and that this variation matters for understanding democracy, elections, and governance.
Involving collaboration by experienced observers of politics in several countries - Mexico, Ghana, Sudan to Turkey, Indonesia, the Philippines, Caribbean and Pacific Island states, and Malaysia - the chapters in this volume unpack the concept of clientelism and show that it is possible to identify different types of patronage democracies. The book proposes a comparative framework that focuses on the networks that politicians use, the type of resources they hand out, their degree of control over the distribution of state resources, and shows that the comparative study of a key informal dimension of politics offers much analytical promise for scholars of democracy and governance.
Varieties of Clientelism is essential reading for scholars and students interested in clientelism, patronage democracies, comparative political economy, as well as party politics. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Democratization.
Involving collaboration by experienced observers of politics in several countries - Mexico, Ghana, Sudan to Turkey, Indonesia, the Philippines, Caribbean and Pacific Island states, and Malaysia - the chapters in this volume unpack the concept of clientelism and show that it is possible to identify different types of patronage democracies. The book proposes a comparative framework that focuses on the networks that politicians use, the type of resources they hand out, their degree of control over the distribution of state resources, and shows that the comparative study of a key informal dimension of politics offers much analytical promise for scholars of democracy and governance.
Varieties of Clientelism is essential reading for scholars and students interested in clientelism, patronage democracies, comparative political economy, as well as party politics. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Democratization.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-40273-4 (9781032402734)
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Persons
Edward Aspinall is Professor of Politics at the Australian National University. He is the author of several books, among them Opposing Suharto, Islam and Nation, and Democracy for Sale (with Ward Berenschot).
Ward Berenschot is Professor of Comparative Political Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam and Senior Researcher at KITLV. Studying politics in India and Indonesia, he is the author of Riot Politics and Democracy for Sale (with Edward Aspinall).
Ward Berenschot is Professor of Comparative Political Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam and Senior Researcher at KITLV. Studying politics in India and Indonesia, he is the author of Riot Politics and Democracy for Sale (with Edward Aspinall).
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Australian National University
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Content
1. How clientelism varies: comparing patronage democracies 2. Analytical perspectives on varieties of clientelism 3. How democratization benefits brokers: a comparison of Mexico City and Khartoum 4. Clientelism in small states: how smallness influences patron- client networks in the Caribbean and the Pacific 5. Clientelism and dominant incumbent parties: party competition in an urban Turkish neighbourhood 6. Duelling networks: relational clientelism in electoral- authoritarian Malaysia 7. Democratization, party systems, and the endogenous roots of Ghanaian clientelism 8. Guns for hire and enduring machines: clientelism beyond parties in Indonesia and the Philippines