Varieties of Clientelism: Comparing Patronage Democracies

Varieties of Clientelism makes the case that clientelistic politics takes different forms in different countries, and that this variation matters for understanding democracy, elections and governance.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Democratization.

Edward Aspinall is Professor of Politics at the Australian National University. He is the author of several books, among them Opposing Suharto, Islam and Nation, and Democracy for Sale (with Ward Berenschot).

Ward Berenschot is Professor of Comparative Political Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam and Senior Researcher at KITLV. Studying politics in India and Indonesia, he is the author of Riot Politics and Democracy for Sale (with Edward Aspinall).