question archive Which of the following is NOT true of clientilism? A
Which of the following is NOT true of clientilism? A
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Which of the following is NOT true of clientilism?
A. It is the giving of material resources in exchange for political support between patron and client, where the patron is the politician and the client is the voter, or vice versa.
B. It is the notion that politicians should advocate on the part of their jurisdictions in the same manner that lawyers advocate on behalf of clients.
C. Although it primarily applies to low-income and developing countries, it is more directly associated with the degree of inequality in a particular country rather than a stage of a country's economic development.
D. While poverty and clientjlism coincide, the degree to which poverty causes a prevalence of patron/client relationships in politics, or the degree to which such relationships cause poverty, is unclear.
