„… Untangling Elite Networks and Decentralization in the Middle East and North Africa …” „… elite networks has an impact on the de jure formulation and the de facto outcome of decentralization …” „… elite networks from the center down to the local level and can thus be both threat and opportunity for …”

„… ’ tactical value for maintaining neopatrimonial networks is worth more to central elites than the issues at …” „… networks. We attribute special importance to elite networks at the regional level who are connected with …” „… formal and informal politics. (3) The integration of research on elite actor networks on the regional and …”

„… understanding of the reciprocal effects between elite networks and decentralization processes, in order to gain …” „… , and social links between top-down decentralization strategies and neopatrimonial elite networks for …” „… , and instrumentalized by informal neopatrimonial elite networks on the national, regional, and local …”

„… governance, as well as (3) elite networks and the interactions between actors and institutions. Since the …” „… . “Rethinking Elites: Networks, Space, and Local Politics.” Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 30 (12 …” „… neopatrimonial power structures. Ongoing corruption perception, the persistence of the old economic elites and …”

„… and local elites, which leads to an entanglement of central, regional, and local elite networks. Since …” „… potentially disrupting patrimonial elite networks (see Demmelhuber et al. 2020). They also represent examples …” „… . Decentralization reforms are used to disperse power and responsibilities between elites, to enlarge networks …”

„… regime elite and their clients. It thus contributes to upholding neopatrimonial networks. Overall, the …” „… more (see Table 6). The economic, ministerial and many other political elites’ networks survived the …” „… (see Table 6). The economic, ministerial and many other political elites’ networks survived the fall of …”

„… Untangling Elite Networks and Decentralization in the Middle East and North Africa: Neopatrimonialism …” „… neopatrimonial networks on the subnational level in our analyses. We also aim to reflect on the diverse outcomes …”

„… importantly, elites invest in highly institutionalized, yet informal networks of patronage which become the …” „… institutions, the central elite’s grip on the regions is weak, and networks of patronage are the dominant mode …” „… important parts of the elite into the dominant network of patronage (compliance), and to block societal …”

„… physical infrastructures – the arteries of commerce; communications networks; a money and banking system …” „… economic opportunity. The rule of law prevails. Judges are independent. Road networks are well maintained …” „… diminished or is diminishing. Physical infrastructural networks are deteriorated. Schools and hospitals show …”

„… short-term business interests. In fact, for decades the political and business elites of rich countries were …” „… postulate US companies have still engage in bribery, albeit more covertly. (F. Galtung, A Global Network to …” „… coalitions of these actors formed those trading networks constituting the connecting tissue between the …”

„… der Gesellschaft, für politische Eliten und Institutionen des (Rest)Staates. Andererseits begünstigt …” „… Legitimitätsverlust politischer Eliten, verändern Loyalitätsbeziehungen und reproduzieren so soziale Rahmenbedingungen …” „… . Kassimir/R. Latham (Hrsg.): Intervention and Transnationalism in Africa. Global-Local Networks of Power …”

„… differences concerning topics and topic contextualisation over time. 5.1 Hashtag co-occurrence networksWe …” „… attack in Hanau in 2020. A multi-method ap-proach combines network analysis and structural topic …” „… activism towards the (political) elite and the personal circumstances of the shooter. In terms of …”

„… ) point out,«The media is an essential partner in network information politics. To reach abroader audience …” „… , networks strive to attract press attention. Sympathetic journalists may become part of the network, but …” „… more often networks activists cultivate a reputation for credibility with the press, and package their …”

„… 2011: The Dynamics of Elite Networks and Patron–Client Relations inAfghanistan, in: Europe-Asia Studies …” „… , in:Afghanistan Analysts Networks.Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction Reports (SIGAR, 2016 …” „… : 1-28.Bell, Arvid 2014: A Network in Transition: Actors, Interests, and Alliances in theAfghanistan …”