A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE STUDY OF CLIGNTELISTIC BEHAVIOR
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Volume 4, Issue 2, p. 149-174
ISSN: 0304-4130
CURRENT CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF POLITICAL CLIENTELISM ARE INADEQUATE ON TWO RELATED GROUNDS: THEY DO NOT CLEARLY SPECIFY THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CLIETELISTIC ASSOCIATION AND THE IMPACT OF SUCH ASSOCIATIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM. THE FRAMEWORK HERE OFFERED, (BASED ON HOMANS' AND BLAU'S EXCHANGE THEORY), IS AN ATTEMPT TO MEET BOTH ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS.