| Abstract [eng] |
The doctoral dissertation examines party patronage in Lithuania. When analyzing the assumptions of the party patronage, the documents of the public sector organizations are analyzed, political parties and the party system that are active in Lithuania are discussed. Empirical research is based on semi-structured interviews with experts from different public policy areas. Empirical research has revealed that the party patronage practices in Lithuania have three main characteristics: the primary motivation of the application of party patronage is the control of the public sector institutions, the range of party patronage is larger than depth, which means that political parties seek to allocate persons to many institutions, but essentially - only in the most important positions, in addition, the Lithuanian public sector is characterized by significant differences in the level of party patronage between different fields. |
