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'Neopatrimonialism' is a term used for patrons using state resources in order to secure the loyalty of clients in the general population, and is indicative of informal patron-client relationships that can reach from the very high up in state structures down to individuals in say, small villages.
Neopatrimonalism may underlay or supplant the bureaucratic structure of the state in that only those with connections have the real power, not those who hold higher positions. Further criticisms include that it undermines political institutions and the rule of law, and is a corrupt (but not always illegal) practice. Neopatrimonialism also has its benefits, however. Neopatrimonalism can extend the reach of the state into the geographical and social peripheries of the country, it can provide short term stability, and can facilitate communal integration.
The simplest way to define neo-patrimonialism is to compare it with Max Weber's term, 'patrimonialism'.
He used it to describe a system of rule based on administrative and military personnel, who were responsible only to the ruler. Neo-Patrimonialism, which is a modern form of the traditional Patrimonial form of rule, is a mixed system. Here elements of patrimonial and rational-bureaucratic rule co-exist and are sometimes interwoven.
Neopatrimonialism is a label often used to describe African states, sometimes as a way of explaining why they have "failed" to effect neoliberal market reforms.[1] She writes:
1. [Thandika Mkandawire "Thinking About Developmental States in Africa" paper presented at The United Nations University, African Economic Research Consortium Public Forum, African Development in the 21st Century, 16 October 1998
http://www.unu.edu/hq/academic/Pg_area4/Mkandawire.html]
'Neopatrimonialism' is a term used for patrons using state resources in order to secure the loyalty of clients in the general population, and is indicative of informal patron-client relationships that can reach from the very high up in state structures down to individuals in say, small villages.
Neopatrimonalism may underlay or supplant the bureaucratic structure of the state in that only those with connections have the real power, not those who hold higher positions. Further criticisms include that it undermines political institutions and the rule of law, and is a corrupt (but not always illegal) practice. Neopatrimonialism also has its benefits, however. Neopatrimonalism can extend the reach of the state into the geographical and social peripheries of the country, it can provide short term stability, and can facilitate communal integration.
The simplest way to define neo-patrimonialism is to compare it with Max Weber's term, 'patrimonialism'.
He used it to describe a system of rule based on administrative and military personnel, who were responsible only to the ruler. Neo-Patrimonialism, which is a modern form of the traditional Patrimonial form of rule, is a mixed system. Here elements of patrimonial and rational-bureaucratic rule co-exist and are sometimes interwoven.
Neopatrimonialism is a label often used to describe African states, sometimes as a way of explaining why they have "failed" to effect neoliberal market reforms.[1] She writes:
Another problem is that "neo-patrimonial" states in and outside Africa have pursued a wide range of policies including some that are squarely developmental. In other words, other than indicating the style of governance, neo-patrimonialism does not tell us much about what policies a state will pursue and with what success. In the African case "neo-patrimonialism" has been used to explain import substitution, export orientation, parastatals, privatization, the informal sector development, etc. The result is that, in seeking to explain everything, it explains nothing except perhaps that capitalist relations in their idealized form are not pervasive in Africa.
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1. [Thandika Mkandawire "Thinking About Developmental States in Africa" paper presented at The United Nations University, African Economic Research Consortium Public Forum, African Development in the 21st Century, 16 October 1998
http://www.unu.edu/hq/academic/Pg_area4/Mkandawire.html]
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