Trantidis, Aris and Tsagkroni, Vasiliki (2017) Clientelism and corruption: Institutional adaptation of state capture strategies in view of resource scarcity in Greece. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 19 (2). pp. 263-281. ISSN 1369-1481
Full content URL: http://doi.org/10.1177/1369148117700658
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Abstract
How do strategies of state capture adapt to tight fiscal conditions? The article uses a historical institutionalist approach and content analysis to study the case of Greece. Three theoretically relevant patterns of institutional adaptation are unearthed: first, limited resources for state capture do indeed trigger self-limitation initiatives as expected, but these initiatives replace costly benefits with less costly ones. Second, different forms of capture have different implications for the terms of political competition. Third, there is a mutually reinforcing relationship between clientelism and corruption, which becomes pronounced in the creative ways by which strategies of capture adjust to shifting opportunities and constraints. Clients are appointed in state offices and extract bribes directly from citizens. ‘Client corruption’ replaces extraction from the state with extraction through the state, which is less costly for the public finances: the benefit the governing party gives to its clients is the ‘right’ to extract rents for themselves.
Additional Information: | The final published version of this article can be accessed online at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1369148117700658 |
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Keywords: | Clientelism, Patronage, Client-patron relationships, Corruption, Greek politics, Historical institutionalism, Content analysis, Media and politics, State capture, Extraction through the state, Political transparency, Political accountability, Interest groups, Political collusion, Greek crisis |
Subjects: | L Social studies > L243 Politics of a specific country/region L Social studies > L200 Politics L Social studies > L222 Democracy L Social studies > L171 Capitalism L Social studies > L210 Political Theories L Social studies > L260 Comparative Politics L Social studies > L220 Political Systems L Social studies > L170 Economic Systems L Social studies > L430 Public Policy |
Divisions: | College of Social Science > School of Social & Political Sciences |
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ID Code: | 33805 |
Deposited On: | 18 Oct 2018 12:34 |
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