Clientelism Revisited
In: Government & opposition: an international journal of comparative politics, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 217-228
ISSN: 1477-7053
In: Government & opposition: an international journal of comparative politics, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 217-228
ISSN: 1477-7053
In: IDS bulletin: transforming development knowledge, Band 4, Heft 4, S. 33-42
ISSN: 1759-5436
In: Studies in comparative communism: an international interdisciplinary journal, Band 12, Heft 2/3, S. 159-183
ISSN: 0039-3592
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In: Comparative politics, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 425
ISSN: 2151-6227
In: Studies in comparative communism, Band 14, Heft 2-3, S. 233-245
ISSN: 0039-3592
In: Studies in comparative communism, Band 12, Heft 2-3, S. 159-183
ISSN: 0039-3592
In: Comparative politics, Band 4, Heft 2, S. 149
ISSN: 2151-6227
In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Band 12, Heft 3, S. 259-288
ISSN: 1552-3829
In: Studies in comparative communism, Band 12, Heft 2-3, S. 204-211
ISSN: 0039-3592
In: The journal of Commonwealth and comparative politics, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 133-156
ISSN: 0306-3631
A review of the literature on dependency & social control in underdeveloped countries reveals a failure on the part of both political & social scientists to look beyond a functionalist description of a society in examining the forces which determine the culture of dependency. Explicitly & implicitly alluding to the role of patron-client relationships, researchers have rejected class analysis emphasizing clientelism as a valid area of study. Recent attempts to correct functionalist inadequacies have pushed claims about the benefits of class analysis to the opposite extreme. In this discussion, clientelism is proposed as a necessary supplement to the functionalist approach. Following an examination of the clientelistic model, three specific areas of analysis are identified: (1) the need to link micro- & macro-analysis, (2) clientelism & class manipulation -- who benefits from dependency & how does this relate to the distribution of power? (3) clientelism, consciousness & coercion -- what alternatives are actually available within the society? To what extent are residents being coerced into a dependency role through powerlessness? P. Hoye.
In: Commonwealth and comparative politics, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 133-156
ISSN: 1743-9094
In: Working papers on development 3
In: American political science review, Band 66, Heft 1, S. 68-90
ISSN: 1537-5943
The concept of political clientelism is one if the few genuinely crosscultural concepts available to political scientists for the comparative study of transitional systems. As a descriptive concept, political clientelism helps us uncover patterns of relationships which deviate markedly from those ordinarily associated with class or ethnicity. As an analytic concept political clientelism provides crucial insights into the internal dynamics of social and political change. Moreover, if, as some contend, patterns of resource allocation are more meaningful indicators of political development than their conceptual opposites, political clientelism may well supply the critical "missing link" between micro- and macro-sociological or system-centered theories of political development.