Answer to Question #131493 in Political Science for Veve

Question

explanation of the concept of Neopatrimonialism.

Answer 1

Neopatrimonialism is a form of organisation in which relationships of a broadly patrimonial type pervade a political and administrative system which is formally constructed on rational-legal lines." It is a system in which an office of power is used for personal uses and gains, as opposed to a strict division of the private and public spheres.This system allows resources to reach from very high up in state structures down to individuals in small villages.