PATRIMONIAL POWER in the MODERN WORLD (The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1452205671 ISBN 13: 9781452205670

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2011

Synopsis

During the 2011 uprisings in the Arab world, protesters demanded the ouster of authoritarian forms of rule and an end to the influence of ruling families on politics, society, and the economy. These upheavals revealed that patrimonial power in its diverse forms is still a dynamic force in global politics, able to shape world events. This volume brings the study of patrimonialism back to center stage and presents the concept as a useful tool to analyze how nations, global developments, and international relations are influenced and transformed. Leading scholars show that patrimonial practices, present throughout history, are important features of global capitalist modernity. The authors analyze patrimonial politics in regions throughout the world, including in the United States, Tunisia, Chile, France, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Poland, and Russia. This volume will appeal to students of politics and policy and to a multidisciplinary scholarly audience in political sociology, historical social science, history, and social theory.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1452205671
• ISBN 13: 9781452205670
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Adams Julia, Charrad Mounira Maya