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Changing Laws, Unchanging Environment: Political Party Financing Laws in Nigeria's Fourth Republic

open access: yesModern Africa
Political party financing is a critical determinant of electoral integrity, democratic accountability, and political competition. This study examines the evolution, adequacy, and implementation of Nigeria's political finance laws in the Fourth Republic ...
Babayo Sule   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Residential Mobility of Mid‐Term Temporary Populations: Personal Trajectories and Sociospatial Patterns in Rome

open access: yesPopulation, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 7, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how medium‐term temporary dwellers—who have been living in a city for months or a few years without planning to settle in the long term—impact upon intra‐urban residential mobility and sociospatial inequalities in Southern European contexts.
Barbara Brollo
wiley   +1 more source

Power Leveraging: The Everyday Expansion of the Grassroots State in Urban China

open access: yesLaw &Policy, Volume 48, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT China has witnessed a notable expansion of state power during and after the pandemic, particularly at the grassroots level. How has this occurred? The Shequ, a grassroots state agent, has played a central role, taking on extensive administrative responsibilities aimed at enhancing social management, often at the expense of rule‐of‐law ...
Aokai Yang
wiley   +1 more source

A Theory of Armed Clientelism

open access: yes, 2018
Armed clientelism is a particular form of patronage in which politicians and non-state armed groups establish a symbiotic relationship where the former provides economic resources, judicial protection, or other benefits, while the latter provides ...
Gallego Durán, Jorge Andrés
core   +1 more source

Clientelism and informality in Albania [PDF]

open access: yesEastern Journal of European Studies, 2018
Albania made revolutionary progress in its post-communist transition. Nevertheless, there have been setbacks, including the emergence and failure in the fight against organized crime. In this fight, the attitude of governments and of the public has often
Islam JUSUFI
doaj  

Clientelism in Indonesia: An Intractable Political Norm [PDF]

open access: yes
When it comes to clientelism in southeast Asia, it occurs us that Indonesia has formed its own specialized tricky political norm on clientelism. For norm, with long history in Indonesia, clientelism has played an important role in agriculture and social ...
Xue, Shiyi
core   +1 more source

Ethnic group institutions and electoral clientelism

open access: yes, 2017
Individual electoral clientelism involves the allocation of handouts to voters around elections. Why is this strategy common in some contexts but not in others?
Eric Kramon
core   +1 more source

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