Neopatrimonialism reconsidered: Critical review and elaboration of an elusive concept

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-119

  Erdmann, Gero ^a   Engel, Ulf ^b  

^a GIGA GERMAN INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL AND AREA STUDIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Bureaucracy; Clientelism; Development studies; Patrimonialism; Political power; Political regimes

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; CLIENTELISM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL THEORY; TYPOLOGY;

AFRICA;

EID: 33750527438     PISSN: 14662043     EISSN: 17439094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14662040601135813     Document Type: Article

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