Power and Patronage examines the unwritten rules and inner workings of contemporary China's local politics and government. It exposes how these rules have helpe

Western policymakers, political activists and academics alike see patronage as the chief enemy of open, democratic societies. Patronage, for them, is a corrupti

This book examines a Renaissance Florentine family's art patronage, even for women, inspired by literature, music, love, loss, and religion.

The essays in this volume, from those that look at patronage from a theoretical perspective as it relates to issues such as gender, social and economic history,

Describes what patronage employees do in exchange for their jobs and provides a novel explanation of why they do it.