patrimonialism

any form of political domination or political authority based on ‘personal’ and bureaucratic power exerted by a royal household (WEBER, 1922). As such ‘patrimonialism’ is a relatively broad term, not referring to any particular type of political system. The crucial contrast between patrimonialism and other types of political power is that:

this power is formally ‘arbitrary’; and
its administration is under the direct control of the ruler; (this means it involves the employment of retainers or slaves, mercenaries and conscripts, who themselves possess no independent basis of power, i.e. are not members of traditional landed aristocracy).

The limitation of patrimonialism, according to Weber, is that it was inherently unstable, tending to be subject to political upheavals, which arose from the emergence of rival centres of power. Since historically patrimonial systems were usually replaced by further patrimonial systems, their existence is seen as a barrier to any sustained economic and social transformation. Compare ORIENTAL DESPOTISM. See also EISENSTADT.

单词	patrimonialism
释义	patrimonialism patrimonialism any form of political domination or political authority based on ‘personal’ and bureaucratic power exerted by a royal household (WEBER, 1922). As such ‘patrimonialism’ is a relatively broad term, not referring to any particular type of political system. The crucial contrast between patrimonialism and other types of political power is that: this power is formally ‘arbitrary’; and its administration is under the direct control of the ruler; (this means it involves the employment of retainers or slaves, mercenaries and conscripts, who themselves possess no independent basis of power, i.e. are not members of traditional landed aristocracy). The limitation of patrimonialism, according to Weber, is that it was inherently unstable, tending to be subject to political upheavals, which arose from the emergence of rival centres of power. Since historically patrimonial systems were usually replaced by further patrimonial systems, their existence is seen as a barrier to any sustained economic and social transformation. Compare ORIENTAL DESPOTISM. See also EISENSTADT.
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