Abstract The article provides a critical discussion of the literature on ‘patrimonialism’ and ‘neopatrimonialism’ in Development Studies in general and African Studies in particular. Based on Max Weber's concept of patrimonialism and legal-rational bureaucracy the authors present their own definition of ‘neopatrimonialism’. Three key conceptual questions are addressed. These are related to the operationalisation of…
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Commonwealth and Comparative Politics is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering South Asian Studies and Conflicts, Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies, Political Conflict and Governance.
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Chicago, T&F) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 12 (3): 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | South Asian Studies and Conflicts Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies Political Conflict and Governance International Development and Aid Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East |
| ISSN | 1466-2043 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 1.49 |
| h-index | 52 |
| i10-index | 324 |
| Total citations | 13,463 |
| Top institutions publishing here | University of London |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com |
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This paper offers a first comprehensive account of popular voting intentions in Africa's new electoral democracies. With reference to aggregate and survey data from 16 countries, this paper shows that competitive elections in Africa are more than mere ethnic censuses or simple economic referenda. Instead, Africans engage in both ethnic and economic voting. Not surprisingly,…
As gold prices soared from 2008 onwards, tens of thousands of foreign miners, especially from China, entered the small-scale mining sector in Ghana, despite it being ‘reserved for Ghanaian citizens’ by law. A free-for-all ensued in which Ghanaian and Chinese miners engaged in both contestation and collaboration over access to gold, a situation described as…
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…
Abstract Participation in development came to be popularised in the 1990s as a novel, common-sense way to address a range of development ills. Its institutionalisation over the course of that decade in the discourses, if not the practices, of many mainstream development organisations promised a new approach that would give ‘the poor’ more voice and…