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Democracy, credibility and clientelism [PDF]
The authors demonstrate that sharply different policy choices across democracies can be explained as a consequence of differences in the ability of political competitors to make credible pre-electoral commitments to voters. Politicians can overcome their
Keefer, Philip, Vlaicu, Razvan
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Elites and institutions : literature review [PDF]
, 2006 Exploring elites and their relations to institutions can assist understanding the day-to-day realities of politics in Africa (Chabal and Daloz 1999, Amundsen 2001, Lindberg 2003).
Hewitt, Tom, Orrnert, Anna
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Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How people are treated in the workplace is of increasing concern, with many scholars arguing that the government, as an employer, should set the standard for equitable treatment. While attention to equity in public administration has grown in research and practice, minimal work has comparatively explored discrimination in the public and non ...
Lihi Lahat +2 more
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Development Through Empowerment: Delivering Effective Public Services - A Literature Review [PDF]
, 2013 This paper reviews the channels through which empowerment may improve the efficiency and quality of public service delivery, particularly in developing Asia.
Xu, Guo
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Interpersonal Connections and Career Mobility in Bureaucratic Labor Markets: Evidence From Brazil
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Interpersonal networks are pervasive in state bureaucracies around the world. To what extent do they explain bureaucratic career trajectories? And are they driven more by political patronage and connections to influential bosses, or by information‐sharing and trust‐building among peers?
Danilo Cardoso +6 more
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Leaving no one behind: Party clientelism in social welfare in Serbia [PDF]
Anali Pravnog Fakulteta u BeograduThis article analyzes the functioning of party patronage and clientelism in the centers for social work. Building on previous research, based on qualitative research conducted in 2023 in Serbia, we examine parasitic relations of informal and formal ...
Vuković Danilo, Stefanović Marija
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Political Competition in Dual Economies: Clientelism in Latin America [PDF]
Resumen:Este artículo presenta el proyecto de investigación que intenta iluminar los mecanismos que vinculan el clientelismo con la informalidad. En particular la investigación se concentra en las interacciones que tienen lugar durante la competencia ...
M.Rojas, Angela
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Understanding the changing nature of sports organisations in transforming societies [PDF]
, 2008 The paper examined the process of changing in three Bulgarian national sport organisations (NSO) in swimming, weightlifting and field hockey, as the country is undergoing fundamental political, economic and social transformations from state socialism ...
Girginov, V, Sandanski, I
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Conservation & Society, 2014 The Lebanese Shouf Biosphere Reserve (SBR) counts among the most successful Middle Eastern conservation projects today. This article describes the evolution and contemporary management of conservation in Shouf.
Mads Solberg
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Political clientelism and capture: Theory and evidence from West Bengal, India [PDF]
, 2012 We provide a theory of political clientelism, which explains sources and determinants of political clientelism, the relationship between clientelism and elite capture, and their respective consequences for allocation of public services, welfare, and ...
Bardhan, Pranab, Mookherjee, Dilip
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