ABSTRACT A case study of a South African metropolitan municipality, Nelson Mandela Bay (NMBM), explores the dynamics between a political party in power and control over rents from public-allocation processes. The case study documents the weakening of the local state and political control of its allocation processes, linked to the parallel rise of a patronage-based business model within the African National Congress (ANC) as the local ruling party. Particular allocation processes that prove to be vulnerable are newly established programmes with as yet underdeveloped controls and institutional mechanisms. The paper reflects on experiences elsewhere in Africa and alternative analytical models to understand the interplay between rents, patronage and political power. The central features of the NMBM example are described in terms of the market forces unlocked by the South African transition to democracy. The paper concludes by looking at the importance of public institutions in circumscribing and directing markets.

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南非城市的赞助和政治：纳尔逊·曼德拉湾（Nelson Mandela Bay）的个案研究

摘要南非大都市纳尔逊·曼德拉湾（NMBM）的案例研究探讨了执政的政党与公共分配过程中的租金控制之间的关系。该案例研究记录了当地国家的弱化以及对其分配过程的政治控制，这与非洲国民议会（ANC）作为当地执政党的基于赞助的商业模式的平行崛起有关。证明是脆弱的特定分配过程是新建立的计划，其控制和体制机制尚不完善。该文件反映了非洲其他地方的经验和替代分析模型，以了解租金，赞助和政治权力之间的相互作用。NMBM示例的主要特征是通过南非向民主过渡释放的市场力量来描述的。最后，本文着眼于公共机构在界定和指导市场方面的重要性。