Clientelism, Interests, and Democratic Representation: The European Experience in Historical and Comparative Perspective

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139175340

This 2001 book charts the evolution of clientelist practices in several western European countries. Through the historical and comparative analysis of countries as diverse as Sweden and Greece, England and Spain, France and Italy, Iceland and the Netherlands, the authors study both the 'supply-side' - the institutional context in which party leaders devise and implement their political strategies - and the 'demand-side' - the degree of 'empowerment' of civil society - of clientelism. This approach contends that clientelism is a particular mix of particularism and universalism, in which interests are aggregated at the level of the individual and his family 'particularism', but in which all interests can potentially find expression and accommodation 'universalism'. In contrast, 'consociationalism' and 'corporatism' are systems of interest representation in which interests are aggregated at the level of 'social pillar' or the functional association 'universalism', but in which not all interests can find representation and accommodation 'particularism'.

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Frontmatter
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1 - CLIENTELISM IN HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
pp 1-30
- By Simona Piattoni, University of Trento
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2 - WHY IS THERE NO CLIENTELISM IN SCANDINAVIA? A COMPARISON OF THE SWEDISH AND GREEK SEQUENCES OF DEVELOPMENT
pp 31-53
- By Apostolis Papakostas, Stockholm University
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3 - PATRONAGE AND THE REFORM OF THE STATE IN ENGLAND, 1700–1860
pp 54-76
- By Frank O'Gorman, University of Manchester
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4 - CLIENTELISM IN THE BUILDING OF STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN SPAIN
pp 77-100
- By Georgina Blakeley, University of Huddersfield
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5 - CONSTRAINTS ON CLIENTELISM: THE DUTCH PATH TO MODERN POLITICS, 1848–1917
pp 101-121
- By Nico Randeraad, Groningen, The Netherlands, Dirk Jan Wolffram, Groningen, The Netherlands
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6 - MASS PARTIES AND CLIENTELISM IN FRANCE AND ITALY
pp 122-151
- By Carolyn M. Warner, Arizona State University
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7 - FROM PATRONAGE TO CLIENTELISM: COMPARING THE ITALIAN AND SPANISH EXPERIENCES
pp 152-171
- By Jonathan Hopkin, University of Birmingham, Alfio Mastropaolo, Universitá di Torino
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8 - CLIENTELISM IN A COLD CLIMATE: THE CASE OF ICELAND
pp 172-192
- By Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson, University of Iceland
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9 - CLIENTELISM, INTERESTS, AND DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATION
pp 193-212
- By Simona Piattoni, University of Trento
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Bibliography
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Contributors
pp ix-x

Preface
pp xi-xiv

1 - CLIENTELISM IN HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
pp 1-30

2 - WHY IS THERE NO CLIENTELISM IN SCANDINAVIA? A COMPARISON OF THE SWEDISH AND GREEK SEQUENCES OF DEVELOPMENT
pp 31-53

3 - PATRONAGE AND THE REFORM OF THE STATE IN ENGLAND, 1700–1860
pp 54-76

4 - CLIENTELISM IN THE BUILDING OF STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN SPAIN
pp 77-100

5 - CONSTRAINTS ON CLIENTELISM: THE DUTCH PATH TO MODERN POLITICS, 1848–1917
pp 101-121

6 - MASS PARTIES AND CLIENTELISM IN FRANCE AND ITALY
pp 122-151

7 - FROM PATRONAGE TO CLIENTELISM: COMPARING THE ITALIAN AND SPANISH EXPERIENCES
pp 152-171

8 - CLIENTELISM IN A COLD CLIMATE: THE CASE OF ICELAND
pp 172-192

9 - CLIENTELISM, INTERESTS, AND DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATION
pp 193-212

Bibliography
pp 213-232

Index
pp 233-240

More titles in the series
pp 241-241

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