Beschreibung:
Varieties of Clientelism makes the case that clientelistic politics takes different forms in different countries, and that this variation matters for understanding democracy, elections and governance.
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