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… of sociability and its place in political culture becomes very apparent when considering what could happen when issues or election campaigns became so divisive that sociability broke down. Practices > Politics & Society Concepts > … support for pet projects or important pieces of legislation, testing the waters for creating consensus, discussing the issues of the day, making useful political contacts, or even requesting patronage, pensions or preferments for themselves … of sociability and its place in political culture becomes very apparent when considering what could happen when issues or election campaigns became so divisive that sociability broke down. Perhaps the most famous example of the …
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