Patrons, Clients and Friends: Interpersonal Relations and the Structure of Trust in Society

by Luis Roniger and S.N. Eisenstadt

Book Overview

The form of social relations described by the terms 'patronage' and 'patron-client relations' is of central concern to sociologists, anthropologists and political scientists today. Characterised by its voluntary and highly personal but often fully institutionalised nature, it is a type of behaviour found in almost every human society. It touches upon basic aspects of the construction and regulation of social order and is therefore closely connected...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521288908
• ISBN13: 9780521288903
• Release Date: November 1984
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.2"