2008
DOI: 10.1017/s1062798708000306
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Abstract: Party patronage is generally associated with social, economic and political underdevelopment, and is hence seen as largely irrelevant in the context of contemporary European politics. In this article, we argue to the contrary, proposing that patronage reappears on the stage of European politics as a critical organizational and governmental resource employed by political parties to enhance their standing as semi-state agencies of government. In order to illustrate our main contention, we first define party patr… Show more

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“…Ennser-Jedenastik, 2014;Kopecký, Mair and Spirova, 2012;Kopecký and Scherlis, 2008;Park and Kim, 2013).…”
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“…Ennser-Jedenastik, 2014;Kopecký, Mair and Spirova, 2012;Kopecký and Scherlis, 2008;Park and Kim, 2013).…”
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“…29 For actors in the periphery who have little support at the centre for their decentralization demands, patronage is an instrument to consolidate their control over policies and institutions within their constituency. In both cases, patronage is a critical organizational resource for furthering the agenda, policy preferences and governmental objectives of elites and parties (Kristinsson 1996;Ware 1996;Kopecký and Scherlis 2008). An additional aspect of patronage relates to trustworthiness.…”
Section: Patronage Resourcesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In order to this, liberal elites have to rely on informal channels and practices (Kopecký and Spirova 2011). 6 Despite the negative connotations of patronage as being only associated with corruption and economic underdevelopment, patronage is at the same time a critical organizational resource of political parties for furthering their agenda, policy preferences and governmental objectives (Kristinsson 1996;Ware 1996;Kopecký and Scherlis 2008). In studies on advanced Western democracies this approach is more prominent, but it is also valid for Eastern European transition states.…”
Section: Access To Patronage Resources As a Causal Mechanismmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Such studies are subject to criticism regarding the validity of measures (aggregate payroll and employment measures could vary for any number of reasons other than patronage) and the small-N problem inherent in treating a small number of states as a single unit of analysis. Another approach is represented by studies using interviews and analysis of primary sources to assess the nature and extent of patronage in a country (Berman, 1998;Fox, 1994;Kopecky and Scherlis, 2008;Piattoni, 2001). These studies, in turn, are subject to well-worn criticism regarding the reliability of sources, measurement and the difficulty of assessing qualitative evidence across different political and cultural milieus.…”
Section: Conceptualizing and Theorizing Party Patronagementioning
confidence: 99%