This book charts the evolution of clientelist practices in several western European countries. Through the historical and comparative analysis of countries as d

This volume seeks to contribute to this new line of research and develops a theoretical framework to study the consequences of clientelism for democratic repres

A study of patronage politics and the persistence of clientelism across a range of countries.

Since the Third Wave of democratization research on clientelism has experienced a revival. The puzzling persistence of clientelism in new and old democracies in

Political parties in the United States and Britain used clientelism and patronage to govern throughout the nineteenth century. By the twentieth century, however