Book review: Party patronage and party government in European democracies

Vasilopoulou, Sofia (2013) Book review: Party patronage and party government in European democracies. LSE Review of Books (24 Jul 2013). Website.

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"Party Patronage and Party Government in European Democracies." Edited by Petr Kopecky, Peter Mair and Maria Spirova. Oxford University Press. July 2012. --- The eurozone debt crisis and subsequent economic reforms have helped to expose endemic levels of corruption and party patronage in countries such as Greece. This book uses more than 600 expert interviews to explore the nature of party patronage across fifteen European democracies. For Sofia Vasilopoulou, one of this book’s main strengths is its investigation of patronage as an organisational resource for parties that are facing falling grass root support.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2013 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	06 Nov 2013 11:50
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 18:52
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/54136

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