Neopatrimonialism in Africa and Beyond

Neopatrimonialism in Africa and Beyond
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Contents
List of tables
List of contributors
Introduction
Part I: Concepts and their relevance
	1 Weber’s patrimonial domination and its interpretations
	2 Patrimonialism and neopatrimonialism: comparative receptions and transcriptions
	3 The model of the political entrepreneur
	4 Charles Njonjo: the portrait of a ‘big man’ in Kenya
	5 Can neopatrimonialism dissolve into democracy?
	6 Neopatrimonialism and its reinterpretations by development economics
Part II: New orientations and debates in Africa
	7 The path from neopatrimonialism: democracy and clientelism in Africa today
	8 Rebellion and warlordism: the spectre of neopatrimonialism
	9 The origins and meaning of Nigeria’s ‘godfatherism’ phenomenon
	10 Monitoring the neopatrimonial state on a day- to-day basis: politicians, customs officials and traders in Niger
Part III: Regional transcriptions and interpretations
	11 Oligarchy and caciquismo in the Philippines
	12 Jeitinho and other related phenomena in contemporary Brazil
	13 Neopatrimonialism, factionalism and patronage in post- Soviet Uzbekistan
	14 Berlusconismo as a case of ‘hybrid neopatrimonialism’
	15 Clientelism and patrimonialism in international relations: the case of France’s African policy
Conclusion: neopatrimonial and developmental – the emerging states’ syndrome
References
Index