The Young League Forum

CLIENTEL ISM      Politically, clientelism is the exchange of goods and services for electoral support. The patron-client relationship or clientelism is based on the principle of trade by barter. It goes like this: if you will vote for me, I will provide social services for you. It is a strategic tool used by political parties or politicians to convince voters. (See Treating).    

CAUCUS      This is an executive meeting of a group of legislative body or political party for strategic purpose. In other words, it is a small powerful body of an organization that is hierarchically positioned on the top. The members of the caucus initiate policies and programmes of an organisation. They even determine who gets what, when and how in a political milieu. This term originated from the United States which is used to describe the party’s organizational structures in the Congress (that is US parliament).