TY  - JOUR
AU  - Vuković, Danilo
AU  - Babović, Marija
PY  - 2018
UR  - https://ralf.ius.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1009
AB  - In this article, we analyse the social accountability (SA) mechanisms that have recently been established in Cambodia. These initiatives take place in a socio-political context marked by pervasive neo-patrimonial structures. Our focus is on the strategies implemented by state actors, CSOs and ordinary citizens (mediated by neo-patrimonial structures) - strategies that demonstrate a neo-patrimonial trap into which SA initiatives have fallen, whereby official institutions and accountability lines have been undermined. These strategies are: to focus SA activities on local level authorities who have no means or power to introduce changes in governance or to improve public services, and to allow SA practices to emerge only to the extent that they do not threaten actual authoritarian distribution of power, norms and practices of clientelistic exchange, and the benefits obtained through patron-client relations. As a result, citizens have not been empowered to demand accountability but, paradoxically, have been encouraged to take over some government responsibilities. This, in turn, strengthens the networks of clientelism and patronage. These insights indicate the weak potential of externally-imposed SA mechanisms in an authoritarian and neo-patrimonial setting in which the government is only partly committed to achieving accountability. The findings are based on a two-year study conducted using a combination of qualitative sociological methods and an ethnographic approach.
PB  - Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon
T2  - Asian Studies Review
T1  - The Trap of Neo-patrimonialism: Social Accountability and Good Governance in Cambodia
EP  - 160
IS  - 1
SP  - 144
VL  - 42
DO  - 10.1080/10357823.2017.1414773
UR  - conv_2981
ER  - 

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abstract = "In this article, we analyse the social accountability (SA) mechanisms that have recently been established in Cambodia. These initiatives take place in a socio-political context marked by pervasive neo-patrimonial structures. Our focus is on the strategies implemented by state actors, CSOs and ordinary citizens (mediated by neo-patrimonial structures) - strategies that demonstrate a neo-patrimonial trap into which SA initiatives have fallen, whereby official institutions and accountability lines have been undermined. These strategies are: to focus SA activities on local level authorities who have no means or power to introduce changes in governance or to improve public services, and to allow SA practices to emerge only to the extent that they do not threaten actual authoritarian distribution of power, norms and practices of clientelistic exchange, and the benefits obtained through patron-client relations. As a result, citizens have not been empowered to demand accountability but, paradoxically, have been encouraged to take over some government responsibilities. This, in turn, strengthens the networks of clientelism and patronage. These insights indicate the weak potential of externally-imposed SA mechanisms in an authoritarian and neo-patrimonial setting in which the government is only partly committed to achieving accountability. The findings are based on a two-year study conducted using a combination of qualitative sociological methods and an ethnographic approach.",
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Vuković, D.,& Babović, M.. (2018). The Trap of Neo-patrimonialism: Social Accountability and Good Governance in Cambodia. in Asian Studies Review
Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon., 42(1), 144-160.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2017.1414773
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Vuković D, Babović M. The Trap of Neo-patrimonialism: Social Accountability and Good Governance in Cambodia. in Asian Studies Review. 2018;42(1):144-160.
doi:10.1080/10357823.2017.1414773
conv_2981 .

Vuković, Danilo, Babović, Marija, "The Trap of Neo-patrimonialism: Social Accountability and Good Governance in Cambodia" in Asian Studies Review, 42, no. 1 (2018):144-160,
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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Vuković, Danilo
AU  - Babović, Marija
PY  - 2014
UR  - https://ralf.ius.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/780
AB  - The article analyzes how various societal interests and groups influenced employment and social policies in contemporary Serbia. These policies were shaped under the influence of international actors and current mainstream ideas. However, various societal interests and interest groups have affected them. Using policy network analysis, we identified key actors, their interests and ideological preferences, and the influence they exerted on the employment and welfare policies. The research indicates that the potential for the redistribution of power and resources is a trigger for establishing policy networks. In the field of social welfare we identify a stable policy network connecting various professional groups (from the public sector, academia, and the nongovernmental sector). There was a lack of other social interests in the debate, that is, welfare beneficiaries or civil society pressures that would influence policy process. The policy network was thereby primarily based on clearly identified interests of professional groups, and new welfare policies redefined and improved their professional and social status. In the field of employment policies, there was a lack of societal interests and organized interests groups that would influence policy process and outcomes. No policy network was identified, and obviously key actors in shaping of employment and labor policies (i.e., economic elites) were not even among the direct participants in the process. During the course of the policy reforms, direct and specific redistributive interests of groups that could have benefited from the new policies had mediated various policy inputs and at the end prevailed over the broader ideological frameworks.
PB  - Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks
T2  - East European Politics and Societies
T1  - Social Interests, Policy Networks, and Legislative Outcomes: The Role of Policy Networks in Shaping Welfare and Employment Policies in Serbia
EP  - 24
IS  - 1
SP  - 5
VL  - 28
DO  - 10.1177/0888325413495088
UR  - conv_2905
ER  - 

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author = "Vuković, Danilo and Babović, Marija",
year = "2014",
abstract = "The article analyzes how various societal interests and groups influenced employment and social policies in contemporary Serbia. These policies were shaped under the influence of international actors and current mainstream ideas. However, various societal interests and interest groups have affected them. Using policy network analysis, we identified key actors, their interests and ideological preferences, and the influence they exerted on the employment and welfare policies. The research indicates that the potential for the redistribution of power and resources is a trigger for establishing policy networks. In the field of social welfare we identify a stable policy network connecting various professional groups (from the public sector, academia, and the nongovernmental sector). There was a lack of other social interests in the debate, that is, welfare beneficiaries or civil society pressures that would influence policy process. The policy network was thereby primarily based on clearly identified interests of professional groups, and new welfare policies redefined and improved their professional and social status. In the field of employment policies, there was a lack of societal interests and organized interests groups that would influence policy process and outcomes. No policy network was identified, and obviously key actors in shaping of employment and labor policies (i.e., economic elites) were not even among the direct participants in the process. During the course of the policy reforms, direct and specific redistributive interests of groups that could have benefited from the new policies had mediated various policy inputs and at the end prevailed over the broader ideological frameworks.",
publisher = "Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks",
journal = "East European Politics and Societies",
title = "Social Interests, Policy Networks, and Legislative Outcomes: The Role of Policy Networks in Shaping Welfare and Employment Policies in Serbia",
pages = "24-5",
number = "1",
volume = "28",
doi = "10.1177/0888325413495088",
url = "conv_2905"
}

Vuković, D.,& Babović, M.. (2014). Social Interests, Policy Networks, and Legislative Outcomes: The Role of Policy Networks in Shaping Welfare and Employment Policies in Serbia. in East European Politics and Societies
Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks., 28(1), 5-24.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0888325413495088
conv_2905

Vuković D, Babović M. Social Interests, Policy Networks, and Legislative Outcomes: The Role of Policy Networks in Shaping Welfare and Employment Policies in Serbia. in East European Politics and Societies. 2014;28(1):5-24.
doi:10.1177/0888325413495088
conv_2905 .

Vuković, Danilo, Babović, Marija, "Social Interests, Policy Networks, and Legislative Outcomes: The Role of Policy Networks in Shaping Welfare and Employment Policies in Serbia" in East European Politics and Societies, 28, no. 1 (2014):5-24,
https://doi.org/10.1177/0888325413495088 .,
conv_2905 .