What is Patronage?
{{Wiktionary|patron}} '''Patronage''' is the support, [[encouragement]], [[wikt:privilege|privilege]] and often [[finance|financial]] [[aid]] given by a person or an organization. It can also refer to the business given by a regular customer, and the [[patron saint|guardianship of saints]]. In some countries the term is often used to describe the [[corrupt]] use of state money and goods to benefit groups, families, [[Ethnic group|ethnicities]] or [[race (sociology)|race]]s in exchange for votes. These '''patronage systems''' are different depending on the area in which they are practiced. The [[term]] comes from the [[Latin]] ''patronatus''. ==Sources and other websites== *Johannes Baptist Sägmüller. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11560c.htm Patron and Patronage], ''The [[Catholic Encyclopedia]]'', Volume XI, 1911, Robert Appleton Company. This is the reference for the [[Canon law]] section. * [http://www.geocities.com/rr17bb/patronage.html The role of patrons in the Renaissance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010420173912/http://www.geocities.com/rr17bb/patronage.html |date=2001-04-20 }} {{Politics-stub}} [[Category:Politics]] [[Category:Art]]