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Chair(s)
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Gero
Erdmann
erdmann@giga-hamburg.de
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Christian
von Soest
soest@giga-hamburg.de
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
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Discussant(s)
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Gero
Erdmann
erdmann@giga-hamburg.de
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
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Abstract
Neopatrimonialism, clientelism, patronage, ‘big man’-syndrome or bossism are concepts used to understand informal institutions functioning next to or fused with the codified and sanctioned formal rules of the legal bureaucratic state authority. These concepts are mainly applied to make sense of the governance in operation in various non-OECD regions. However, the problems of informal institutions are not confined to the non-OECD world. During recent decades, these institutions have been challenged and changed by the increased global integration of economies as well as polities. This integration is driven by economic, political and social forces such as the creation of common markets, new international norms of governance (human rights, democracy and good governance), the internationalisation of civil society, new media such as the Internet, and global epistemic communities, to name only a few.
The panel endeavours to analyse how informal institutions at the national level have developed in the age of globalisation. Have they become less important? Have they changed in substance, or only in appearance? Are the informal institutions of the various world regions responding differently to this challenge of globalisation? Papers which compare different world regions are particularly invited.
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