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<journal-id>1607-050X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Desacatos]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Desacatos]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1607-050X</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1607-050X2021000200064</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El clientelismo de las elites. Desigualdad, dependencia y ciudadanía en la Ciudad de México]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The Elite's Patronage. Inequality, Dependency and Citizenship in Mexico City]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Leal Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandra]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Ciudad de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>66</numero>
<fpage>64</fpage>
<lpage>81</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1607-050X2021000200064&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1607-050X2021000200064&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1607-050X2021000200064&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: En la opinión pública es común encontrar la idea de que México carece de ciudadanos debido a la persistencia de prácticas clientelares incompatibles con la ciudadanía moderna, las cuales, en el contexto urbano, suelen asociarse con los trabajadores callejeros. Se establece una distinción entre los ciudadanos -participativos, responsables, regidos por la ley- y los clientes -pasivos y dependientes-. Esta aparente dicotomía oscurece el hecho de que las relaciones patrón-cliente están presentes en todo el espectro social y atraviesan tanto las relaciones íntimas como la vida pública. En este artículo se analiza la manera en la que la distinción ciudadano/cliente es producida, percibida, experimentada y movilizada cotidianamente por ciertas elites urbanas que se identifican con los lenguajes políticos liberales. Argumento que esos lenguajes oscurecen la inserción de dichas elites en una multiplicidad de relaciones clientelares que se basan en la desigualdad y la reproducen. Sin embargo, concluyo, esa inserción termina por mostrar a la ciudadanía liberal como una fantasía.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: The idea that Mexico lacks citizens due to persistent patronage practices incompatible with modern citizenship is commonly found in public opinion. In the urban context, such practices are often associated with street workers. A distinction is established between citizens-participatory, responsible and lawful-and clients-passive and dependent-. This apparent dichotomy obfuscates the fact that patron-client relations are present in the entire social spectrum, traversing both intimate relations and public life. This article analyzes how the client/citizen distinction is produced, perceived, experienced and mobilized by certain urban elites interpelated by liberal political discourses. I argue that such discourses cloud their insertion in multiple patron-client relations, which are based on and reproduce inequality. However, I conclude, that insertion reveals liberal citizenship as a fantasy.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ciudad de México]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[inequality]]></kwd>
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