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Les obstacles à l'émergence de la citoyenneté dans l'Égypte post-révolutionnaire

Recherches Sociologiques et Anthropologiques, 2015
This article focuses on obstacles to the emergence of a citizenship – in the sense of civic ideal – as a principle dominating Egyptian political life in the wake of the 2011 revolution.
Gaétan du Roy, Clément Steuer
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“Everything Is Just Done Away With Now”: Contentious Practices of Scalar Brokerage Motivated by Narratives of Welfare Nostalgia in Postcolonial Rotterdam

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT According to anthropological theories of brokerage, brokers build bridges, close gaps, make connections, and construct shared norms. In this article, I argue that such structural‐functionalist approaches to brokerage do not prove adequate in addressing unsettled and unsettling scale‐making practices of refugee‐led support initiatives in ...
Lieke van der Veer
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Clientelism within Arabian Gulf States and Beyond: A Comparative Study [PDF]

Central European Journal of International & Security Studies, 2014
Clientelism is a widespread phenomenon, often resulting from preexisting socioeconomic conditions such as inequalities, government dominance over the economy, and deficiencies in political institutions.
Mahmood Abdulghaffar
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Voting in Ruins: Examining the Effect of a Tornado on Voting Behavior Toward Coalition Government Parties

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The electoral effects of natural disasters have gained increasing importance in recent research. This paper analyzes the impact of an unprecedentedly strong tornado on the electoral results of coalition government parties in the 2021 Czech general election.
Jakub Jusko, Peter Spáč
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The Price of Poverty: Inequality and the Strategic Use of Clientelism in Divided Democracies

Economies
This article investigates the political cost of poverty in democracies marked by deep social divisions. We develop a probabilistic voting model that incorporates clientelism as a strategic tool employed by elite political parties to secure electoral ...
Andrés Cendales, Hugo Guerrero-Sierra, Jhon James Mora   +2 more
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O "velho" e o "novo" da violência rural na fronteira Brasil-Uruguai

Sociedade e Estado, 2004
O estudo busca examinar aspectos da violência rural, analisando elementos conceituais e históricos do clientelismo e do caudilhismo, significativos nas práticas sociais e políticas das sociedades uruguaia e brasileira no século XIX e início do século XX.
José Luiz Bica de Mélo
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The War of the Pacific and Chilean public revenues: Reallocation of the tax burden and institutional change

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract A substantial body of literature has considered warfare a fundamental driver of fiscal capacity. We argue that the nature of the tax base available to governments can either foster or constrain the ability and incentives of central elites to impose their legitimacy once the war is over.
Oriol Sabaté, José Peres‐Cajías
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Implantation locale et relations clientélaires. Le cas du Parti des travailleurs à Brasilia

Cahiers des Amériques Latines, 2012
This article suggests to revisit a clientelist problematics in Brazil by an empirical study of militants of the Worker’s Party (PT) in the region of Brasilia, the Federal District.
Daniella Rocha
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Clientelistic relations between political elite and entrepreneurs in Serbia [PDF]

Sociologija, 2016
Main objective in this article is to describe in more details specific interlinkages and exchange that is unfolding between political elite and entrepreneurs as key actors that possess, manage and deploy economic resources in the private sector ...
Stanojević Dragan, Gundogan Dragana, Babović Marija   +2 more
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Religious politics and the limits of redistribution: The rise and fall of family allowances in Spain, 1926–58

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract After the Second World War, family allowances became a cornerstone of social spending in western Europe. Whilst religion is often highlighted as a driver of this policy, the role of political Catholicism remains contested, particularly in southern Europe.
Guillem Verd‐Llabrés
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