… The central objective of this book is to analyze the impact, limits, and evolution of various forms
of clientelism and patronage in the historical matrix of societies and throughout contemporary …

… life and politics, research on civil society and clientelism in specific contexts can make a …
civil society is not coterminous with democracy and does not necessarily lead to democracy. …

… of clientelism and patronage, such intercessions seem to remain present within civil society.
… logic of modern constitutional democracies and the pragmatics of everyday life and action, …

… clientelism may relate to civil society, and indeed what similarities the concepts share in relation
to democracy… of Hangberg is a story of clientelism or of civil society engagement; I argue …

… within the framework of current trends in civil society, democracy, and market economy. …
Indeed, clientelism runs against the ideal model of democratic life and autonomous civil society, …

… As Diego Abente brun writes in the introduction, this is indeed “a challenge that demands
the concerted effort of reformist politicians and effective civil society organizations.” …

… of political recruitment in developing democracies: party-civil society organization (CSO) …
facilitate clientelist linkages between parties and voters, weakening democratic governance…

… of repeated episodes of interaction between a public administration that includes some
reform-oriented actors and civil society actors who strive for autonomous interest articulation. …

… clientelism erodes democratic processes. Robert Gay, in exploring the link between clientelism
… violence undermined the democratic norms that encouraged civil society to organize and …

… to address governance issues related to clientelism, abuses of patronage, or corruption?Are
there members of the business community and civil society who are opposed to these …