Clientelism, Interests, and Democratic Representation
Subtitle: The European Experience in Historical and Comparative Perspective (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 10, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780521800334
Subjects: European studies; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political economy; Sociology, Social Studies; History; Economic Conditions; Political Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Politics/International Relations; Patronage, Political; Anthropology - Cultural; General; Patronage, Political--Europe--History; Political Science / General; Cross-cultural studies; Europe
First sentence: Political clientelism and patronage are widely diffused phenomena spanning across time and space and touching virtually all political systems in which votes count for something.