Clientelism in Northeast Brazil: Brokerage within and outside electoral times
| Autor: | Koster, Martijn, Eiró, Flávio |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Clientelism clientelism 05 social sciences 050401 social sciences methods General Social Sciences Northeast brazil community leaders 0506 political science Scholarship Politics Brokerage 0504 sociology Political economy Political science 050602 political science & public administration anthropology Northeast Brazil Anthropology and Development Studies |
| Zdroj: | Contemporary Social Science, 17, 3, pp. 222-234 Contemporary Social Science Contemporary Social Science, 17, 222-234 Contemporary social science, 17(3), 222-234 |
| ISSN: | 2158-2041 2158-205X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/21582041.2021.1876244 |
| Popis: | Contains fulltext : 229636.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) In scholarship on informal politics in Brazil, clientelism is a well-studied phenomenon. While studies of clientelism generally concentrate on elections, campaigning and vote buying, clientelist practices and their impact extend well beyond this temporal and thematic focus. This article develops an approach that builds on theories of brokerage in anthropology and social network studies. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork in low-income neighbourhoods in Recife, Brazil, it shows how clientelism is based on informal exchanges both within and outside election periods. Through a study of community leaders, their projects and their search for resources, the article advances a more comprehensive understanding of how clientelism works as a social mechanism in the ordering of life in these neighbourhoods. 13 p. |
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