Die Modernisierung politischer Systeme Staat. Parteien. Öffentlichkeit

• Main Author: Wimmer, Hannes (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: History; Neopatrimonialism; theory of the state; origins and development of the modern state in European history; institutions of consolidated modern statehood; subsystems of democracy; Modernisierungsprobleme von Entwicklungsländern; Parteien; Politisches System
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Part one of the book discusses political systems of Developing Countries. It suggests that the concept of neopatrimonialism is becoming more and more important. Neopatrimonial systems are characterized by three components: Personal rule, political clientelism and endemic corruption. The neopatrimoni...