This study contributes to debates on varieties of clientelism through an analysis of brokerage and ruling party patronage at urban markets in Harare, Zimbabwe. Urban markets are sites of contestation between the opposition-dominated city council and actors aligned with the ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union—Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF). Based on qualitative case study research at two designated markets, the article demonstrates how ruling party brokers are central to organizing patronage and political mobilization, thus sustaining authoritarian politics. While ruling party patronage is a deliberate strategy to control urban spaces, the article demonstrates how it is being negotiated. Factionalism within ZANU-PF shifted the power of brokers, and the lockdown enforced in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in 2020 caused a rupture, offering the city council and opposition-aligned youth the opportunity to (re)claim control over vending spaces. This article contributes to debates on clientelism in authoritarian regime settings, by showing the imbrication of coercion and patronage in the role of the broker and demonstrating how patronage is organized vertically through brokerage. This study extends the study of clientelism beyond electoral politics, since brokers are not always politicians, but nonetheless are part of the systems of ruling party patronage.

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哈拉雷城市市场的执政党赞助、经纪和竞争

本研究通过对津巴布韦哈拉雷城市市场的经纪和执政党赞助的分析，促进了关于各种客户主义的辩论。城市市场是反对派主导的市议会和与执政党津巴布韦非洲民族联盟-爱国阵线 (ZANU-PF) 结盟的参与者之间的竞争场所。基于对两个指定市场的定性案例研究，本文展示了执政党经纪人如何在组织赞助和政治动员方面发挥核心作用，从而维持威权政治。虽然执政党赞助是控制城市空间的一种深思熟虑的策略，但本文展示了它是如何进行谈判的。ZANU-PF 内部的派系主义转移了经纪人的权力，为应对 2020 年冠状病毒病 2019 大流行而实施的封锁导致了破裂，为市议会和反对派结盟的青年提供了（重新）控制自动售货空间的机会。本文通过展示掮客角色中的胁迫和赞助以及赞助如何通过掮客进行垂直组织，从而有助于对威权政权背景下的依附主义的辩论。这项研究将依附主义的研究扩展到选举政治之外，因为经纪人并不总是政治家，但仍然是执政党赞助制度的一部分。通过展示经纪人角色中强制和赞助的重叠，并展示赞助是如何通过经纪人纵向组织的。这项研究将依附主义的研究扩展到选举政治之外，因为经纪人并不总是政治家，但仍然是执政党赞助制度的一部分。通过展示经纪人角色中强制和赞助的重叠，并展示赞助是如何通过经纪人纵向组织的。这项研究将依附主义的研究扩展到选举政治之外，因为经纪人并不总是政治家，但仍然是执政党赞助制度的一部分。