Neo-patrimonial Regimes Flashcards
What is neo patrimonialism?
Where’s state officials use state resources to appease or please or secure loyalty of clients in the general population. It is an informal patron client system where essentially individuals are paying govts or providing govts with support as if govts only serve them with money.
What type of distribution is neo patrimonial?
It has a very vertical distribution of resources according to Britton and van de walle.
What goes on in contemporary neo patrimonialism?
Basically relationships of loyalty and dependence remove a sort of formal political and administrative system so instead of leaders going in for public service, they go in for personal gain (a lot of countries in Nigeria today)
What is the essence of neo patrimonialism?
The award by public officials of personal favours within the state and in society and in return clients mobilize political support and basically defer all decisions to patrons
What is the significance of neo patrimonialism?
The fact that for a lot of African countries, this is what democracy looks like. With post colonial tendencies, it’s the ones who have English education, who are sort of separated form the people who exactly like them but are glorified by European standards usually serving the rich and could care less about the poor.
What do Britton and van de walle believe ability neo patrimonialism?
They believe it is the core aspect of post colonial politics
What is the significance of us moving from patrimonialism to neo patrimonialism?
In the 21st century, Africa has lived away from patrimonialism where the military is loyal to one leader and he controls both private and public institutions. Now to make it more legal, in post colonial times the members of the state are in a position where they can use resources of the state for personal profit and power. Both have the underlying European colonial precedence though that these leaders or members of state are usually passing some artificial European standard set
What is a downside to neop regimes?
Prevents African societies from evolving from their primary export economies.
