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An exclusionary labor aristocracy emerged, further deepening patronage networks within the public sector.
The widespread belief among micro-financiers is that the curbs were imposed not because the industry was exploitative, but because it offered an alternative to political patronage.
Even after the US finally started cleaning up the federal government, political patronage endured at the state and municipal levels.
At a minimum, civil-service jobs should be detached from political patronage.
There has also been administrative action against a few religious institutions for encroaching on public space - practically unheard of since official patronage of religious parties began in the 1970's, when their cadres were needed in the war against the Soviets.
Why do Afghans perceive as illegitimate a government put in place by an agreement to which all factions assented, a government that was confirmed by a duly constituted National Assembly (Loya Jirga) held under international patronage?
In the case of Egypt, there are several reasons: more than 30 years of one-man rule;Hosni Mubarak’s plans to pass the presidency on to his son; widespread corruption, patronage, and nepotism; and economic reform that did not benefit most Egyptians, but that nonetheless contrasted sharply with the almost complete absence of political change.
To an amazing extent, he reached out to experts in many areas, choosing professionals of impeccable reputations for probity and accomplishment, rather than politicians eager for patronage.
Few Party officials really wanted to be troubled by the complexities of such calculations anyway, but either abided by them or paid them lip service, for the sake of maintaining patronage and seeking promotion.
We don’t need your patronage or your support.
Prior to this, a number of other steps were taken to strengthen transparency in public life: enacting new anti-corruption rules, eliminating patronage in government contracts or civil-servant jobs, and making ongoing debates more open to the public.
Since then, and until the DPJ’s victory in the 2008 upper-house election, Ozawa was almost always at the center of political battles against the LDP, building an effective political machine by making the most use of the art of patronage.
Much as Austria’s alignment with Germany drove the Slavs to seek Russian patronage at the expense of imperial unity, European alignments with Russia drive the new members to seek US patronage at the expense of EU unity.
But Lee, more importantly, also relied on elements of democratic contestation to ensure that meritocracy triumphed over patronage.
Over time, ties of patronage and marriage have fused these dynasties into a discernable class, concentrated in central New Delhi, with a few pockets in Mumbai and a small presence in other parts of the country.
Long-term national interest must take precedence over short-term political goals, vested interests, and political patronage.
Not only is it rooted in a rich tradition of royal and princely patronage, but it commands broad ideological support in these liberal democratic days.
The all-powerful PDP, relying on its control of the security agencies, the considerable oil revenues to which the president and his retinue had untrammeled access, and an intricate patronage network radiating through the local councils of Nigeria’s 36 states, seemed set to govern indefinitely.
The rural-urban divide wedded the grassroots rural population to upcountry patronage networks and vote-buying, while elected politicians reaped their rewards through corruption and graft.
Multinationals are enmeshed in China’s complex political economy – and entangled in the patronage system that underpins it.
Top incomes in these countries have resulted largely from political patronage, rather than from innovation and hard work.
It will invariably recycle retired and failed politicians and be a way station for vast patronage.
But their purpose will be lost if pursuing them weakens the very identity of Europe’s universities, many of which are used to functioning in a world of state patronage and strict regulation.
In Thailand, the rural poor organized against a reform minded Democrat government while its party rivals canvassed on the old politics of patronage and money.
Joseph Kabila has made only token efforts to rein in corruption, perhaps because his hold on the presidency depends to a large degree on the financial largesse and patronage at his disposal to maintain allies and buy off rivals.
It also means contributing to a new framework for global infrastructure investment that steers resources away from environmentally destructive projects and reduces the wastage often associated with political patronage.
Lula was accused of corruption and patronage.
As al-Saud political and economic control declines, and in the absence of democratic reforms, the regime’s policy seems certain to shift from patronage to repression.
There has also been political patronage bordering on parody, with one recent count putting the government’s size at 244 ministers and secretaries of state.
These funds are earmarked for private businesses and party campaigns, but also to finance welfare programs under a model of political patronage known as “gifts from the Commandante.”
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