Oligarchic Party-Group Relations in Bulgaria The Extended Parentela Policy Network Model /

• Main Author: Petkov, Mihail (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Public policy.; Political science.; Political leadership.; Legislative bodies.; Elections.; Comparative politics.; Public Policy.; Governance and Government.; Political Leadership.; Legislative and Executive Politics.; Electoral Politics.; Comparative Politics.

This book argues that the relationship between political parties, civil service and party insider groups in Bulgaria is oligarchic. It also argues that these oligarchic dynamics overlap with the parentela policy network, which is a relationship where a ruling party interferes with the civil service...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: The Extended Parentela
• Chapter 2: The Parentela through the Eyes of Bulgarian Policy-Makers
• Chapter 3: La Palombara's Parentela in Bulgaria: The Case of Public Procurement Contracts (Public Tenders)
• Chapter 4: Type Two Parentela as an Instrument of Coercion
• Chapter 5: The Extended Parentela as a Model of Party-Centric Oligarchic Relations in Bulgaria
• Chapter 6: Ukraine Under Kuchma - an Illustration of the Link Between the Extended Parentela and Consolidated Oligarchy
• Chapter 7: The Parentela and Oligarchy.