Old-Regime Governors

Bureaucratic and Patrimonial Attributes

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2106902
AutoresJohn A Armstrong (0000-0003-1589-9365, University of Wisconsin–Madison, autor de correspondencia)
Año1972
Volumen14
Número1
Páginas2-29
Fecha de publicación1972-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaComparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0010417500006472
OpenAlexW1965015782
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas9

Recent concern with the process of modernization has heightened interest in the origins of bureaucracy in societies which have succeeded in modernizing. Relatively little attention, however, has been directed to territorial governing elites as an element of bureaucratic development. In what sense did governors in premodern societies resemble modern bureaucratic officials? Did the resemblances increase as the societies approached the modern period; or (as Marion J. Levy suggests) did the bureaucratic elements tend to degrade in the particularistic environment

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