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Collective Action, Clientelism and Connectivity [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010 Backed by studies finding only limited propensity for free-riding when communities have an interest in self-provision, the last few decades have seen a surge of interest in community-based development. A major caveat to the “second wave” of collective action studies, however, is that collective action often breaks down under hierarchical social ...
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Little Fish in Big Ponds: The Pathways to Inclusion for Micro‐Minorities in Power‐Sharing Societies
Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.Abstract Emergent critique of consociations has focused on how micro‐minority ‘others’ are frequently excluded from the opportunities presented by power‐sharing systems, with dominant elites shutting them out. Therefore, a key question is: how do the political elites of micro‐minorities gain more meaningful inclusion by adopting or navigating the ...
Aleksandra Zdeb, Drew Mikhael
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Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT Cuba is the oldest and most consolidated autocracy in the Americas. Its Revolution in 1959, the charisma of Fidel Castro, the single‐party system and the US embargo have made the island an exceptional case. However, recent developments such as popular protests, limited reforms, emigration or socio‐economic decline are bringing about some ...
Armando Chaguaceda, Susanne Gratius
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A theory on political violence in hybrid regimes: insights from Colombia
Frontiers in Political ScienceIntroductionThis article presents a model of political competition in which political parties, through clientelism strategies, vie for control of legislative seats.
Andrés Cendales +2 more
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Masyarakat, Kebudayaan dan Politik, 2018 Clientelism is a renewal of the patronage concept, usually referred to as patron-client in some scientific literature. Research about patron-client in the context of domestic politics, specifically in regional elections, is rarely conducted.
Robi Cahyadi Kurniawan +2 more
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Governance, Volume 39, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT Despite the popularity of the concept, the measurement and the conceptualization of administrative capacity remain ambiguous, based on proxies, and overlook the local level. Conceptualization is weakened by the conflation of exogenous variables. Quantitative and qualitative perspectives are rarely reconciled, leading to fragmentation and to an
Ugo Fratesi +3 more
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Politics of Corruption in Albanian Higher Education
Studies of Transition States and SocietiesThis paper examines the persistent issue of corruption in Albania, which continues to plague crucial areas of higher education such as learning assessment.
Arjan Shahini +2 more
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The Pro‐Office Mindset. Anticorruption Beyond Legal Instruments
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Emanuela Ceva, Patrizia Pedrini
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Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT What role has the state played in the establishment of the current food regime in a post‐socialist setting? Focusing on Croatia, I undertake a critical discourse analysis of the national agricultural strategies enacted during the neoliberal transition between 1991 and 2013.
Alexander Gavranich
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Contemporary European Politics, Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT In this article, we illustrate the effects of the post‐socialist transformation and the resulting politically hybrid contexts on Europeanisation by presenting the case of Napliget, a wealthy village within the Budapest Agglomeration. Our detailed case study of the settlement, within a research project on local planning and development, also ...
Adrienne Csizmady +2 more
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