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In 1921, German sociologist Max Weber wrote: “The patrimonial office lacks above all the bureaucratic separation of the ‘private’ and the ‘official’ sphere.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2024

He clearly has not been persuaded by the Panama Papers or the Paradise Papers, which indicate that the scale of multibillion-dollar corruption goes way beyond the conventional workings of patrimonial networks.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2022

Griset, 68, was summoned in court on Tuesday for "incomplete or false declaration of his patrimonial situation" and of "his interests".

From Reuters • Oct. 12, 2021

Another is breaking the spiral of patrimonial wealth accumulation.

From The Guardian • Jul. 26, 2019

His patrimonial cottage adjoined to that of her parents, and he had ever seemed to court her society more than that of his other fair acquaintances.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various