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A System Dynamics Approach to Analysing the Effect of Clientelism on Public Organizations Performance in Italy [PDF]

Revista de Management Comparat International, 2010
This paper tries to analyse the effects of political clientelism on the performance of public utilities and organizations in Italy. Shortly, clientelism consists in a series of reciprocal convenience-based relationships between politicians and ...
Federico COSENZ
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Practising Politics in a Disorderly Democracy

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
Taking as its starting point Ron May's scholarship on Papua New Guinea as a “disorderly democracy,” this article examines how politics is practised in the PNG Parliament. Using a case study of the events of late 2020, when a vote of no confidence against the Marape government was mooted but eventually failed to materialise, it adopts a practice theory ...
Kerryn Baker
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Populism and the rule of law: The importance of institutional legacies

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Existing work sees populist governments undermining the rule of law because they seek to dismantle institutional constraints on their personalistic plebiscitarian rule. We argue that populist rulers pose a greater threat to legal impartiality, equality, and compliance when they face a legacy of weak rule of law.
Andreas Kyriacou, Pedro Trivin
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Clientelismo, territorio y política subnacional en Argentina. Aportes a partir del caso de Santiago del Estero

Colombia Internacional, 2017
This article studies the phenomenon of clientelism as an informal institution and poses the question of its persistence in relation to subnational political regimes. A case study was done in the province of Santiago del Estero in Argentina, taking as its
Victoria Ortiz de Rozas
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Elite clientelism in Nigeria: The role of parties in weakening legislator-voter ties

Party Politics, 2021
Political parties in Africa and other developing countries are known to forge clientelist rather than programmatic ties to voters. Yet this does not mean that parties reward strong legislator-voter ties.
Leila Demarest
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Can norm‐based information campaigns reduce corruption?

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Can norm‐based information campaigns reduce corruption? Such campaigns use messaging about how people typically behave (descriptive norms) or ought to behave (injunctive norms). Drawing on survey and lab experiments in Ukraine, we unpack and evaluate the distinct effects of these two types of social norms.
Aaron Erlich, Jordan Gans‐Morse
wiley   +1 more source

Dissatisfied, uninformed or both? Democratic satisfaction, political knowledge and the acceptance of clientelism in a new democracy

Democratization, 2021
In many countries, voters are targeted with clientelistic and programmatic electoral offers. Existing research explores the demand side of clientelism, but we still know very little about what determines voters’ acceptance of clientelistic and ...
Sergiu Gherghina, I. Saikkonen, Petar Bankov   +2 more
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Endogenous opposition: Identity and ideology in Kuwaiti electoral politics

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract How do opposition elites succeed in authoritarian elections? Existing theories of authoritarian politics suggest a pivotal role for elections in enhancing the survival of incumbent dictators. Yet, in many contexts, opposition elites attract considerable support and constrain the policymaking authorities of these dictators.
Daniel L. Tavana
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Driven by Clients: A Variant of Clientelism and Its Consequences for Democracy

Latin American Research Review
Clientelism is traditionally viewed as a mechanism through which patrons exert control over clients. Drawing on qualitative data from three municipalities in Santiago, Chile, and building on literature that emphasizes client agency, this article explores
Martín Ordóñez
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The political consequences of Africa's mobile revolution

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract What are the political consequences of rising domestic connectivity? I study this question in Sub‐Saharan Africa, asking how mobile technology shapes public opinion in geographically isolated communities. For remote rural populations, mobile devices increase contact with physically distant social networks, through regular phone calls with ...
Alex Yeandle
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