'Believing the Ladies Had Great Influence': Early National American Women’s Patronage in Transatlantic Context

Autor:	Catherine Allgor
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Politics Government Sociology and Political Science Political economy Political science Modernity media_common.quotation_subject Political Science and International Relations Context (language use) Legitimacy media_common
Zdroj:	American Political Thought. 4:39-71
ISSN:	2161-1599 2161-1580
DOI:	10.1086/679323
Popis:	This essay argues that patronage was integral to the development of the federal government, forming the required connections among governmental officials and between the government and its citizens. The women of political families became the chief patronage players in the new nation, since properly republican political men could not. Using comparative models of patronage practices from English and European contexts shows that patronage flourished during most nations’ premodern periods, waning as modernity developed. Within a new nation that needed structure, legitimacy, and authority over its citizens, women’s efforts created a shelter under which patronage could flourish, enabling the young US government to catch up to modernity.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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