Sentence examples for control over patronage from inspiring English sources

He has sapped their control over patronage by dividing the nation into seven superregions overseen by presidential aides who control federal money and jobs.

With the question of succession to Bourguiba unresolved and with party elites unwilling to relinquish any of their control over patronage or power, the PSD subsequently atrophied.

Around the state, O.T.B.'s were granted control over patronage jobs, and the agency has become such a hot button in Nassau because it is one of the few spots in the county government where the resurgent Democrats can actually take over.

In foreign affairs, he gave Moley and Welles tasks that overlapped those of Secretary of State Hull; in conservation and power, he gave Ickes and Wallace identical missions; in welfare, confusing both functions and initials, he assigned PWA to Ickes, WPA to Hopkins; in politics, Farley found himself competing with other political advisors for control over patronage.

The two coalition partners have squabbled over patronage.

But others, comparing the position of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, known as the PRI, to some Communist parties in Eastern Europe, argued that without presidential support and control over federal patronage, the party would crumble.

The appointment confirmed Pendergast's control over federal patronage jobs in Missouri and marked the zenith of his power.

Control over trade policy.

When the dust settled, it became clear that factions inside the supposedly reformed security forces had been fighting one another for control over territory and patronage in Jenin.

The scandals encompass much more than sex; each is a potential career-ender for a man vying to become Malaysia's next prime minister, with control over a political patronage system that dominates the economy.

In the wake of the Latin American independence movement in the early 19th century, politically unstable conditions and the long experience of armed conflict led to the emergence in many of the new countries of strongmen who were often charismatic and whose hold on power depended on control over armed followers, patronage, and vigilance.