Panizza, Francisco 
ORCID: 0000-0002-3755-9209 and Larraburu, Conrado Ramos
(2025)
Patronage: a template for empirical research.
In: Peters, B. Guy, Knox, Colin, Panizza, Francisco, Ramos Larraburu, Conrado and Staroňová, Katarína, (eds.)
Handbook of Politicization and Political Patronage.
Elgar Handbooks in Public Administration and Management.
Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 42 - 60.
ISBN 9781035326235
Abstract
atronage appointments, defined as the power of political actors to discretionally appoint trusted individuals to non-elective positions within the public sector, is a dimension of politics across political systems and regions of the world. This chapter sets up a broad framework for studying the nature, mechanisms, and dynamics of patronage appointments. To this purpose, it distinguishes patronage from clientelism, considers the factors for its persistence in both developed and developing economies, maps the patrons’ motivations for making patronage appointments and the roles appointees play within the public administration, presents a typology of patronage roles based on the nature of trust between patrons and appointees and the skills prioritized in the appointees, and explains its variations across countries and regions. Four factors merit special consideration in this regard: the characteristics of parties and party systems, types of political regimes, the strength of the civil service, and the structure of society.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Additional Information: | © 2025 The editors and contributors severally |
| Divisions: | Government |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jul 2025 10:03 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jul 2025 23:20 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/128630 |
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