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Communism and Clientelism: Rural Politics in China
Abstract
Despite its widespread currency in political science, the concept of clientelism has rarely found its way into the literature on communist systems. Students of communist politics regularly note the importance of personal ties, and many recognize the significance of informal bonds in economic and political spheres at all levels of society. Some even apply the term “clientelism” to the political behavior they describe. Yet these studies are generally limited to elite-level politics, to factionalism, career mobility, recruitment patterns, and attainment of office at the top- to middle-level echelons of the bureaucracy.2 Few have considered clientelism as a type of elite-mass linkage through which the state and the party exercise control at the local level, and through which individuals participate in the political system.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Oi, J. C.
- Venue
- World Politics
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Published
- 1985-01
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 238-266
- ISSN
- 0043-8871 (ISSN-L)
- 1086-3338
- OpenAlex
- W2000994392
- Cited by
- 167
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 27.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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