Patrimonialism

The essence of the story is that Max Weber's ideal types concerning traditional authority have been largely ignored in sociological theory and comparatiive historical sociology, even by Weberians and Neo-Weberians. Thankfully, the translators of Thomas Piketty has recently re-activated the use of the term patrimonialism in the English-speaking world (Bakker forthcoming). I have been working on patrimonialism since my Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Toronto (1979). Bakker, J. I. (Hans) 2006, "Patrirnonialism." Pp, 668-670 in Bevire, Mark (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Governance. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.