Clientelism

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Clientelism is a system of personal, unequal dependency relationships in political apparatus between influential people and their clients on the basis of performance and consideration. If one looks at this form of asymmetrical relationship on the part of the influential person, one also speaks of patronage .

The clientele (Latin: clientela) is a group of clients, in ancient Rome as it is today as the person who questions a lawyer or lets them speak for themselves (cluere: listen, listen ). In the Middle Ages, the term “cliens” and “ advokatus ” was retained when Roman law was used . Politically, the clientelism is a precursor of indirect democracy , as the patron of responsibility for the welfare and security guarantees its clientele and food in exchange for work and receive (d. H. Taxes, harvests, forced labor and troops for the defense).

Clientelism is an organizational scheme with both feudal and familiaristic structural elements. It is a special form of parochial - participatory (political) culture which, from an anthropological point of view, only represents an exchange relationship between two people with unevenly distributed power opportunities. This exchange relationship is based on mutual interests and mutual help.

Political clientelism describes the exchange of favors, goods and services on the part of party political leaders for political support or loyalty , for example in the form of votes, on the part of clients. This practice is very widespread in Latin America to this day , known for its modern political clientelism, for example. B. the Peronist Party in Argentina . Dependencies are created especially in poor urban districts, for example by distributing social benefits from the municipal administration to the needy through brokers, thus securing political support for the preferred candidate. B. The receipt of food or medication is linked to attending party events.

The historian Heinz A. Richter considers clientelism to be the essential constitutive element of all Balkan states that were under the Muhtar system of the Ottoman Empire , including Greece .

Political clientelism is a form of corruption .

Related terms

• Camarilla
• Kazike (Spain)
• Clientele Policy
• Lobbying
• nepotism
• Party machine, Tammany Hall
• Policy network
• nepotism
• clan
• Cologne clique
• ambactus

Web links

• Andres Jouannet Valderrama: Political Parties in Latin America. Structures and inner workings in the context of the market economy reforms Heidelberg , Univ.-Diss., 2004 (pp. 41–44)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rainer Hermann: Fessel Clientelism. Financial aid alone will not save Greece . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of August 24, 2012, p. 10
2. ^ Information and Music, Deutschlandfunk, February 22, 2015
3. ↑ Manfred G. Schmidt : Dictionary of Politics (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 404). Kröner, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-520-40401-X .
4. ↑ Eva Kreisky : Corruption ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Glossary, 2005