TY - JOUR
T1 - Political Fund-Raising, Patron-Client Relations, and Organized Criminality
T2 - Two Case Studies
AU - Liddick, Don
PY - 2001/11
Y1 - 2001/11
N2 - This article provides two case studies of political fund-raising abuses committed during the 1996 U.S. election cycle. The author contends that the behaviors described are best characterized as a form of organized criminality and that a good way to study these behaviors is to frame them in terms of patron-client relations. Though noting the limitations of this approach, the author concludes that social network methods are not only a good match with the patron-client perspective but also offer a realistic opportunity to advance the understanding of organized/white-collar-type crimes.
AB - This article provides two case studies of political fund-raising abuses committed during the 1996 U.S. election cycle. The author contends that the behaviors described are best characterized as a form of organized criminality and that a good way to study these behaviors is to frame them in terms of patron-client relations. Though noting the limitations of this approach, the author concludes that social network methods are not only a good match with the patron-client perspective but also offer a realistic opportunity to advance the understanding of organized/white-collar-type crimes.
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U2 - 10.1177/1043986201017004004
DO - 10.1177/1043986201017004004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84996193007
SN - 1043-9862
VL - 17
SP - 346
EP - 357
JO - Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
JF - Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
IS - 4
ER -
