BEARFIELD, Domonic A <br/><br/>
What is patronage? :  a critical reexamination 

 - Malden, MA :  Blackwell Publishers,  January / February 2009 
<br/><br/> Despite a long and storied history, patronage and the functions it plays in American politics and public administration are still very much a mystery. This paper examines how patronage has been used and understood in American political science and public administration. The author calls for a reexamination of the concept based on developments found in the field of anthropology. In an effort to generate future scholarship, the author introduces a typology of patronage styles based on this reexamination