Sentence examples for based on patronage from inspiring English sources

The Afghan attorney general refused to enforce or continue investigating an enormous corruption scandal at the country's biggest bank, and in one province, Badakhshan, nearly 7 in 10 government appointments were based on patronage, not merit, the watchdog agency found.

Abrupt turning points are characteristic of Mediterranean politics, based on patronage.

When Europe finally exited, it left behind governmental systems largely based on patronage and thus prone to graft.

Labour "backwoodsmen" would join up with Tory "backwoodsmen" to "stop reform of a chamber based on patronage".

Its features include discrimination against women, caste barriers, Hindu chauvinism, official corruption, advancement based on patronage and, for business, profits without competition.

This isn't just a matter of questionable political leadership, but is the inevitable consequence of both desperation for party funding and a system based on patronage.

That's because corruption is inherent to a system where a one-party hierarchy, based on political patronage and protection, controls the allocation and use of state-owned assets, critics say.

A century later, this remains unfinished business, and so a legislature based on feudal patronage goes on.

But many Pakistanis agree that the country's political system — long based on personal patronage, public graft, elite impunity and feudal class stratification — has been permanently shaken by the unprecedented judicial probe and sweeping verdict against a sitting prime minister.

The City of Detroit generates revenue based on your patronage at Detroit-based businesses.

First, the programme was based on a patronage system that relied on a large base of influential benefactors and public subscriptions, reaching across Britain and the empire and into the United States.