Edward Aspinall & Ward Berenschot 
Varieties of Clientelism [PDF ebook] 
Comparing Patronage Democracies

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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.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 170 ● ISBN 9781000818420 ● Editor Edward Aspinall & Ward Berenschot ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2022 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 8801440 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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