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Patronage Politics (patronage + politics)

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Humanities and Social Sciences100%

Selected Abstracts

Pathways out of Patronage Politics: New Roles for Communities, New Rules for Politics in the Philippines

IDS BULLETIN, Issue 6 2009
Jude Esguerra III
This case study discusses adaptations of co-production and co-financing approaches pioneered by two non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the province of Palawan in Metro Manila, part of the Baranggay-Bayan Governance Consortium, a loose network of NGOs across the Philippines. The Consortium associates itself with local government officials, social movements and political parties that are interested not only in making use of the existing so-called democratic spaces but also of the political empowerment of the poor. It does so by creating community capabilities for increased bargaining power vis-à-vis local elected officials, reversing the exclusionary logic of patronage politics in the country and supporting co-production and co-financing between local governments and communities willing to put efforts towards solving their own problems. [source]

Patronage Politics and Contentious Collective Action: A Recursive Relationship

LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY, Issue 3 2009
Javier Auyero
ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic reanalysis and on current qualitative research on poor people's politics, this article argues that routine patronage politics and nonroutine collective action should be examined not as opposite and conflicting political phenomena but as dynamic processes that often establish recursive relationships. Through a series of case studies conducted in contemporary Argentina, this article examines four instances in which patronage and collective action intersect and interact: network breakdown, patron's certification, clandestine support, and reaction to threat. These four scenarios demonstrate that more than two opposing spheres of action or two different forms of sociability, patronage, and contentious politics can be mutually imbricated. Either when it malfunctions or when it thrives, clientelism may lie at the root of collective action. [source]

Pathways out of Patronage Politics: New Roles for Communities, New Rules for Politics in the Philippines

IDS BULLETIN, Issue 6 2009
Jude Esguerra III
This case study discusses adaptations of co-production and co-financing approaches pioneered by two non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the province of Palawan in Metro Manila, part of the Baranggay-Bayan Governance Consortium, a loose network of NGOs across the Philippines. The Consortium associates itself with local government officials, social movements and political parties that are interested not only in making use of the existing so-called democratic spaces but also of the political empowerment of the poor. It does so by creating community capabilities for increased bargaining power vis-à-vis local elected officials, reversing the exclusionary logic of patronage politics in the country and supporting co-production and co-financing between local governments and communities willing to put efforts towards solving their own problems. [source]

Patronage Politics and Contentious Collective Action: A Recursive Relationship

LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY, Issue 3 2009
Javier Auyero
ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic reanalysis and on current qualitative research on poor people's politics, this article argues that routine patronage politics and nonroutine collective action should be examined not as opposite and conflicting political phenomena but as dynamic processes that often establish recursive relationships. Through a series of case studies conducted in contemporary Argentina, this article examines four instances in which patronage and collective action intersect and interact: network breakdown, patron's certification, clandestine support, and reaction to threat. These four scenarios demonstrate that more than two opposing spheres of action or two different forms of sociability, patronage, and contentious politics can be mutually imbricated. Either when it malfunctions or when it thrives, clientelism may lie at the root of collective action. [source]