PATRON-CLIENT RELATIONS UNDER A DYSFUNCTIONAL PATRONAGE FORMULA AND THEIR GEOPOLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE – A CASE STUDY OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH
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DOI: 10.1080/03068374.2025.2456925
Abstract: This article examines the Russian Federation’s relationship with Nagorno-Karabakh as a case of dysfunctional patronage and its implications for the geopolitical balance of power in the South Caucasus. The analysis focuses on the gradual disintegration… read more here.
Keywords: patron client; patronage; case; dysfunctional patronage ... See more keywords
The mohol: The hidden power structure of Bangladesh local politics
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DOI: 10.1177/0069966720914055
Abstract: It is a common view that power in Bangladesh is exercised through patron–client forms of exchange. These patron–client relationships are held together by moral proximity and intimacy and are diffused and multidimensional. Most recently, Basu… read more here.
Keywords: patron client; hidden power; mohol hidden; power structure ... See more keywords
A Peasant’s Satire of the Politics of Debt (Luke 16:1–8a)
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DOI: 10.1177/01461079241230135
Abstract: This article reads the parable of the unjust steward (Luke 16:1–8a) using a social-scientific method, particularly the anthropology of agrarian patron-client relations. Here I delineate a model of the erosion of patron-client bonds, based on… read more here.
Keywords: debt; peasant satire; patron client; luke ... See more keywords