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Partinis patronažas Lietuvos viešajame sektoriuje
Party Patronage in Lithuanian Public Sector

Author(s): Aurimas Zaremba
Subject(s): Public Administration, Electoral systems
Published by: Mykolas Romeris University
Keywords: party patronage; political parties; public sector;

Summary/Abstract: The main issue of this paper is party patronage in Lithuania. Firstly, the phenomenon of party patronage is shortly described focusing on main research questions. Afterwards methodology of semi-structured expert interviews is presented. Lastly this article shows the main findings of party patronage study in Lithuania: party patronage index is constructed, data regarding motivation or party patronage, candidates’ selection criteria, impact of ruling party change on practices of party patronage, party patronage as a part of political culture is presented and analysis of Lithuanian political parties most prone to usage of party patronage is given.

  • Issue Year: 16/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 40-51
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Lithuanian