Sprache:
Englisch
Serie:
GIGA Working Papers 16
Serie:
GIGA Working Papers, bis 15.2005 〉 Working Papers Global and Area Studies 16
Schlagwort(e):
Afrika-Studien Entwicklung, sozio-ökonomische
;
Theorie, politische
Kurzfassung:
The article provides a critical discussion of the literature on "patrimonialism" and "neopatrimonialism" as far as the use in Development Studies in general or African Studies in particular is concerned. To overcome the catch-all use of the concept the authors present their own definition of "neopatrimonialism" based on Max Weber`s concept of patrimonialism and legal-rational bureaucracy. However, in order to make the concept more useful for comparative empirical research, they argue, it needs a thorough operationalisation (qualitatively and quantitatively) and the creation of possible subtypes which, in combination, might contribute to a theory of neopatrimonial action.
URL:
https://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/system/files/publications/wp16_erdmann-engel.pdf
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