Unequal friendship : the patron-client relationship in historical perspective / Antoni Maczak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mączak, Antoni, author.

Series:

Polish studies, transdisciplinary perspectives ; Volume 20.

Polish Studies-Transdisciplinary Perspectives, 2191-3293 ; Volume 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patronage, Political--History.

Patronage, Political.

Patron and client--History.

Patron and client.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 pages).

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt am Main, [Germany] : Peter Lang Edition, 2017.

Summary:

This book analyzes the patron-client relationship over both space and time. It covers such areas of the globe as Europe, Africa and Latin America, and such periods in time as ancient Rome, seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Poland, as well as twentieth-century America. It also analyzes clientelism in U.S. policy toward the Vietnam War and in Richard J. Daley's mayoral rule over Chicago. In his comparative approach the author makes broad use of theories from such fields as history, sociology, anthropology and linguistics while considering the global scale of the patron-client relationship and the immense role that clientelism has played in world history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783653023688

3653023688

9783631710203

3631710208