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African Patrimonialism in Historical Perspective: Assessing Decentralized and Privatized Tax Administration

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dc.contributor.authorKiser, Edgar
dc.contributor.authorSacks, Audrey
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:28:57Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:28:57Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractOne of the most important political legacies of colonialism in Africa has been the reliance on the model of centralized bureaucratic administration, which has had disastrous consequences for African state-building. Like the colonial systems before them, these centralized bureaucracies have not functioned effectively. One of the main problems is a loose coupling between the formal bureaucratic structure of these states and the informal patrimonial elements, mainly patronage, that came to permeate them. Many scholars thus referred to these states as neopatrimonial. Over the past two to three decades, many governments have begun to replace centralized bureaucracies with different forms of partially patrimonial systems, including various forms of decentralization and partial privatization. This article uses both Weber and contemporary agency theory to evaluate the success of these new forms of partially patrimonial administration and to suggest ways in which they could be made more effective.en
dc.identifier.citationAnnals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
dc.identifier.issn00027162
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4635
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectPolitical Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior D720
dc.subjectBureaucracy
dc.subjectAdministrative Processes in Public Organizations
dc.subjectCorruption D730
dc.subjectTaxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General H200
dc.subjectFormal and Informal Sectors
dc.subjectShadow Economy
dc.subjectInstitutional Arrangements O170
dc.subjectFiscal and Monetary Policy in Development O230
dc.subjectEconomic Sociology
dc.subjectEconomic Anthropology
dc.subjectSocial and Economic Stratification Z130
dc.titleAfrican Patrimonialism in Historical Perspective: Assessing Decentralized and Privatized Tax Administrationen
dc.title.alternativeAnnals of the American Academy of Political and Social Scienceen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum1038
okr.journal.nbpages129-149
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.geographicalAfrica
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okr.volume636
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