Clientelism, Interests, and Democratic Representation - The European Experience in Historical and Comparative Perspective

Klappentext This 2001 book charts the evolution of clientelist practices in several western European countries. Zusammenfassung Using a historical and comparative analysis of countries as diverse as Sweden! Greece! England! Spain! France! Italy! Iceland and the Netherlands! this 2001 book charts the evolution of clientelist practices in several western European countries in order to identify the circumstances under which these practices are retained! transformed or eradicated. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Clientelism in historical and comparative perspective Simona Piattoni; 2. Why is there no clientelism in Scandinavia? A comparison of the Swedish and Greek sequences of development Apostolis Papakostas; 3. Patronage and the reform of the State in England (1700-1860) Frank O'Gorman; 4. Clientelism in the building of the state and civil society in Spain Georgina Blakeley; 5. Constraints on clientelism: the Dutch path to modern politics (1848-1917) Nico Randeraad and Dirk Jan Wolffram; 6. Mass parties and clientelism in France and Italy Carolyn M. Warner; 7. From patronage to clientelism: comparing the Italian and Spanish Experiences Jonathan Hopkin and Alfio Mastropaolo; 8. Clientelism in a cold climate: the case of Iceland Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson; 9. Clientelism, interests and democratic representation Simona Piattoni.

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• Autori: Simona Piattoni, Simona (Universitetet I Tromso Piattoni
• Con la collaborazione di: Robert H. Bates (Editore), Peter Lange (Editore), Simona Piattoni (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.09.2001
• EAN: 9780521800334
• ISBN: 978-0-521-80033-4
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Comparati
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia