Nigeria
Trust Your Patron, not the Institutions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2299468 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean-Pascal Daloz, Jean‐pascal Daloz (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 155-174 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-1322 • E-ISSN: 1569-1330 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1569133054621969 |
| OpenAlex | W1993175497 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
In Nigeria, trust and mistrust remain a permanent and sensitive issue. This obviously concerns elite-population relationships or rather - when considering the personalized and particularistic aspects of political life- between patrons and their dependants. This issue of trust is also crucial when it comes to relations among 'Big Men' leading factions cutting across communities. Emphasizing the lack of confidence in the institutions and the difficult question of reliance within informal clientelistic networks, this article proposes interpretations based on the study of socio-political relations in a long-term perspective
Elite · Perspective (graphical · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Public relations · Sociology · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
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| Citations per year | 0.56 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2019 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |