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Patrimonialism and neopatrimonialism

Comparative Trajectories and Readings

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ID7098232
AuthorsDaniel C Bach (0000-0002-1305-2163, Sciences Po Bordeaux, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume49
Issue3
Pages275-294
Publication date2011-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommonwealth and Comparative Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1466-2043 • E-ISSN: 1743-9094
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14662043.2011.582731
OpenAlexW2142644374
LanguageEN
Citations received56
References cited67

There is a striking contrast between the dissemination of the concept of neopatrimonial rule in Africa and its more parsimonious mobilisation outside the continent. The increasing assimilation of the African neopatrimonial state to integral and predatory forms of politics has contributed to its perception as a global prototype of the 'anti-developmental' state. The article contrasts this trajectory with those observed in Latin America, South-East Asia, Russia and Central Asia. There, patrimonialism and neopatrimonialism have been associated with a greater axiological neutrality than in Africa due, inter alia, to the preservation of an analytical dichotomy between regulated and predatory forms of neopatrimonialism. Neglected for all too long, the study of regulated forms of neopatrimonialism in Africa calls for fresh empirical and theoretical attention

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