clientelist
- adjective
- /ˈklaɪəntəˌlɪst/
- Specialized
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clientelista
- Ronald Archer's analysis of Colombian parties captures well the clientelist basis of Colombian politics, despite elevating the explanatory power of clientelism to unwarranted heights.
Examples
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Some in Africa fear that the reality in many countries may be closer to that exhibited during the elected government of Shehu Shagari in Nigeria (1979-83), widely acknowledged to have been one of the most corrupt and clientelist regimes that country has known.
Academic text (1993) -
Of the two traditional parties, the Liberals have been better able to make use of their clientelist networks, even though Colombian society in the 1990s is largely urban.
Academic text (2000) -
Although the entire political system was delegitimized, the regime chose a few individuals to be sacrificed but never entirely eliminated for regional and clientelist/clan considerations.
Academic text (1993) -
On the other hand, the expectation should have been that such a system works against a clientelist culture and would allow party elites to maximize the chances of election of their preferred candidates with a view, perhaps, of achieving a heterogeneous representation.
Academic text (2006) -
But these programs also signaled the state's attempt to construct transmigrants and their organizations as one more in a series of corporate groups that the Mexican state could co-opt by engaging them in corporatist and clientelist relations (Guarnizo 1998).
Academic text (2002) -
The politician's clientelist approach ensured loyal support from local businesses in exchange for favors.
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Many voters are drawn to clientelist systems because they promise direct benefits for their political allegiance.
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In a clientelist society, goods and services are often traded for political backing rather than being based solely on merit.
Synonyms
To give jobs, money, or favors to supporters in return for votes
Relating to giving public jobs or money to political supporters
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clientelist comes from client, from the Latin cliens meaning 'follower' or 'dependent'. In politics it describes giving goods or jobs to people in return for their votes or support, so a clientelist system works by trading favors for loyalty.
