My favorite political scientist, Francis Fukuyama, seems to have a blind spot about the character of bureaucrats and public employees, failing to see that they are just as ‘patrimonial’, a…
This essay summarizes some of Francis Fukuyama’s historical perspective and insights on the problem ‘patrimonialism’ and its effect on society. I briefly suggest some ways to address patrimonialism, and also…
…for rule of law. As we have said before, he regards ‘patrimonialism’— i.e., cronyism – as the form to which all governments tend to degenerate, apart from eternal vigilance. Libertarians…
…to, the ‘rich’. I agree with Francis Fukuyama that the central problem of politics is the drift toward ‘patrimonialism’, or crony capitalism, regardless of the form of government. The dangers…
…Francis Fukuyama that ALL forms of government, however they may classify themselves, drift, apart from vigilance, in the direction of ‘patrimonialism’ or crony capitalism; and restraining this drift, I think,…
…the statements of Francis Fukuyama [no libertarian!] in his political order books: all governments, regardless of their form, tend to drift in the direction of ‘patrimonialism’ or ‘crony capitalism’ over…
…vigilance ALL forms of government will tend to drift in the direction of what he calls ‘patrimonialism’ which is sort of a fancy word for cronyism, or the advantage or…
…they have a tendency to be self-interested and steer things to their own personal financial or hedonic advantage. This is what Francis Fukuyama called patrimonialism, and which he declared was…
…financially rich but is not quite identical to them. We have mentioned in a previous post that Francis Fukuyama has declared that patrimonialism, rule by an elite for the benefit…
…city treasuries, which are more directly accountable to the electorate. Also, a defeat on one front for the ‘patrimonialism’ as I have mentioned in some of my other posts. A…