It was also to become the regime's main patronage network.

Opponents charge that the administration is simply trying to take control of a lucrative patronage network the year before the mayoral election.

The two had mutual obligations to each other within the traditional patronage network.

Another problem facing him was his lack of a patronage network.

These committees often did nothing or became corrupt patronage networks, and several republics, including Russia, have recently abolished them.

That, as much as the vast patronage network he controls, has been a key source of his authority.

Even today, the company is a vast patronage network for native Monacans - a situation that seems about to end.

Hillman's study of patronage networks helps to explain how corruption and economic development have been able to coexist in China.

The term "clan" today usually refers to patronage networks created by marriage or friendship.

The parole system introduced in France in 1885 made use of a strong private patronage network.