Clientelistic relations between political elite and entrepreneurs in Serbia
Main objective in this article is to describe in more details specific interlinkages and exchange that is unfolding between political elite and entrepreneurs as key actors that possess, manage and deploy economic resources in the private sector of the economy. The focus is on the specific...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociological Scientific Society of Serbia
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Sociologija |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0038-0318/2016/0038-03181602220S.pdf |
| Summary: | Main objective in this article is to describe in more details specific
interlinkages and exchange that is unfolding between political elite and
entrepreneurs as key actors that possess, manage and deploy economic
resources in the private sector of the economy. The focus is on the specific
mechanisms through which the exchange has been unfolding, as well as on the
perception of the functionality of the exchange for the position and
interests of both type of actors. The analysis is conducted using empirical
findings from the qualitative, in-depth research on political clientelism and
party patronage implemented in the spring 2015 upon sample of 55
representatives of political elite, 26 economic actors, 9 interlocking broker
and 8 experts. From the research, it is clear that economic actors have, to
put it mildly, ambivalent attitude towards this way of functioning of the
market. On the one hand, they feel all the risks they are exposed to:
additional expenditure, unforeseen requirements, interference in their own
personnel policy, uncertainty of their business in the long term, unfair
competition, demand unpredictability etc. On the other hand, they take this
play as given. When they think strategically, they rationally consider
alternatives and cost-benefit relationship. Although the desire to get rid of
the political embrace is present, the support that comes from that side
represents at least a short-term guarantor of their position security.
Political actors take this system as given to a certain extent and when
describing the mechanisms of its functioning, they do not question the system
itself. |
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| ISSN: | 0038-0318 2406-0712 |