THE “GREAT DEBATES” AROUND NEOPATRIMONIALISM AND BEYOND
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https://doi.org/10.17072/2218-1067-2026-1-151-160Keywords:
Max Weber, patrimonialism, neopatrimonialism, prebendalism, clientelism, legitimacy, traditionalism, charisma, bureaucracyAbstract
The main problem of the research is the need for a more complete conceptualization of the term "neopatrimonialism" as one of the categories of political science. To solve this problem, the author has identified a number of tasks related to the analysis of the nature of neopatrimonialism. The main hypothesis is expressed by the thesis that existing scientific approaches to the study of this phenomenon do not allow us to fully reveal its specific content. It is also an urgent task to demarcate the terms "neopatrimonialism", "clientelism", "patronage", and a number of others. The author associates the solution of these problems with an appeal to the works of M. Weber and the reconstruction of the basic attitudes that became the basis of the theory of neopatrimonialism. For these purposes, the author uses the methods of retrospective and discursive analysis, the method of deconstruction of texts, and the interpretative method as a way of forming new knowledge. One of the significant conclusions was the statement about the important role of the charismatic component in the legitimization of neopatrimonial systems, usually described as a simple combination of traditional and rational-legal components.References
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