patrimonial

In 1921, German sociologist Max Weber wrote: “The patrimonial office lacks above all the bureaucratic separation of the ‘private’ and the ‘official’ sphere.

Still, given their roots in premodern, personalist, “l’état c’est moi” government, it makes sense that these patrimonial dynamics not only predate modern capitalism but also our bedrock Enlightenment notion that sovereignty is derived from the people, and that the state is meant to serve their common good.

The committee also proposes that Congress reforms the law regarding the crime of "patrimonial infidelity," in which a member of the management compromises the company's interests as well as those of the company's partners or shareholders.

“La sensación podría compararse a ver de nuevo una película de miedo”, indicó Michelle Griffith, asesora patrimonial sénior en la división de Gestión Patrimonial Personal de Citi.

The book is largely based on previous work, including a characterization of Russian autocracy as “patrimonial” — the state as the personal domain of the czar — most closely associated with the historian Richard Pipes.