Category:Patron-client networks

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The following practices uncover the ways in which the fundamental patterns of patron–client relations – reciprocity, hierarchy and repetition – adapt to the workings of complex societies. The themes of timing, symmetry and status in patron–client relationships in modern societies emerge and the detrimental effects of patron–client relations for resource mobilisation, democratic accountability, party formation and institutional development are brought to light.