PATRONS AND CLIENTS Flashcards
WHAT IS A PATRON AND A CLIENT?
Patron=authority
Client=subject
WHAT IS EXPECTED FROM EACH?
P: protect and give c benefits
C:give p support, thanks and loyalty
It a 2-way process
Symbiotic relationship->feed off each other support
CLIENTELISM
Based off p+c relationship
Soc and pol systems based off the relationship
FORMS CLIENTELISM
> Tribute:-traditional practice gift exchange bet p+c-spirit reciprocity and trust
Patronage:-power to control appointments to office/right to privileges-reward c for support-state jobs+resources
Prebendalism:-pol syst where elected officials+gov workers feel they have a right to a share of government revenues, and use them to benefit their supporters-give individual client state resource access
FACTORS AFFECTING CLIENTELISM PATTERNS
> Form of gov:-authoritarian v Democracy
Ec dev:-poor v rich
Ethnic-heterogeneity:-more ethnic groups v homogenous