On inevitability of political clientelism in contemporary Serbia
Апстракт
This paper deals with the problem of political clientelism in Serbia broadly defined as the selective distribution of benefits (money, jobs, information, a variety of privileges) to individuals or clearly defined groups in exchange for political support. The main objective is to explain why political clientelism is widespread in Serbia and which key factors determine its shape and intensity. The explanation is based on the analysis of historical factors of development of clientelism in Serbia, as well as on analysis of data from a recent research on informal relations between political and economic elites in Serbia and Kosovo. The paper concludes that clientelism and informality have represented one of the structuring principles of socioeconomic and political development of Serbian society under the conditions of weak formal institutions and socio-historical heritage of late modernization. On the other hand, since 2000 economic and political sphere in Serbia became more open and compet...itive which influenced change in the character of clientelism in Serbia - the increased rivalry among different clientelistic (sub) networks heightened the chance of opportunistic defection even at the top level, which made political power of patrons more tradable and the relation inside the power network less asymmetric.
Кључне речи:
networks / institutions / institutional change / development / clientelismИзвор:
Sociologija, 2016, 58, 2, 239-252Издавач:
- Sociološko udruženje Srbije i Crne Gore, Beograd i Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za sociološka istraživanja, Beograd
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Regional Research and Promotion Program (RRPP)
- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
DOI: 10.2298/SOC1602239C
ISSN: 0038-0318
WoS: 000379352200004
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84973441825
Институција/група
Sociologija / SociologyTY - JOUR AU - Cvejić, Slobodan PY - 2016 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2126 AB - This paper deals with the problem of political clientelism in Serbia broadly defined as the selective distribution of benefits (money, jobs, information, a variety of privileges) to individuals or clearly defined groups in exchange for political support. The main objective is to explain why political clientelism is widespread in Serbia and which key factors determine its shape and intensity. The explanation is based on the analysis of historical factors of development of clientelism in Serbia, as well as on analysis of data from a recent research on informal relations between political and economic elites in Serbia and Kosovo. The paper concludes that clientelism and informality have represented one of the structuring principles of socioeconomic and political development of Serbian society under the conditions of weak formal institutions and socio-historical heritage of late modernization. On the other hand, since 2000 economic and political sphere in Serbia became more open and competitive which influenced change in the character of clientelism in Serbia - the increased rivalry among different clientelistic (sub) networks heightened the chance of opportunistic defection even at the top level, which made political power of patrons more tradable and the relation inside the power network less asymmetric. PB - Sociološko udruženje Srbije i Crne Gore, Beograd i Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za sociološka istraživanja, Beograd T2 - Sociologija T1 - On inevitability of political clientelism in contemporary Serbia EP - 252 IS - 2 SP - 239 VL - 58 DO - 10.2298/SOC1602239C ER -
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Cvejić, S.. (2016). On inevitability of political clientelism in contemporary Serbia. in Sociologija Sociološko udruženje Srbije i Crne Gore, Beograd i Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za sociološka istraživanja, Beograd., 58(2), 239-252. https://doi.org/10.2298/SOC1602239C
Cvejić S. On inevitability of political clientelism in contemporary Serbia. in Sociologija. 2016;58(2):239-252. doi:10.2298/SOC1602239C .
Cvejić, Slobodan, "On inevitability of political clientelism in contemporary Serbia" in Sociologija, 58, no. 2 (2016):239-252, https://doi.org/10.2298/SOC1602239C . .