Citations with the tag: POLITICAL patronage
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- Patronage `R' us.
Harting, Don // Business Journal Serving Southern Tier, CNY, Mohawk Valley, Fing; 7/12/93, Vol. 9 Issue 9, p1Opinion. Comments on lawmakers' practice of patronage in Albany, New York. Privileges granted by lawmakers to special interests; Suggestion to stand up against political patronage to avoid the breakdown of the state into competing factions.
- More trouble over the Paddle Dam.
Sillars, Les // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine; 5/23/94, Vol. 21 Issue 23, p7Examines the rising controversy over whether or not Alberta Deputy Premier Ken Kowalski and Transportation Minister Peter Trynchy were guilty of patronage in awarding contracts for the Paddle River Dam, completed in 1985. Liberal leader Laurence Decore accused of having breached parliamentary...
- Strange endorsements and term limits.
Sillars, Les // Human Events; 4/8/94, Vol. 50 Issue 13, p9Discusses political endorsements for electoral positions. Former Water Wonderland Governor George Romney's endorsement of Spence Abraham over former daughter-in-law Ronna Romney; Romney's campaign for his son Mitt; New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's endorsement of Governor Mario Cuomo.
- The Political Hacks' Ultimate Fantasy Book.
Ferguson, Andrew // Fortune; 3/3/1997, Vol. 135 Issue 4, p46Opinion. Examines the United States government pamphlet known as `Policy and Supporting Positions,' also known as the Plum Book, which presents a list of political-patronage jobs. The book as evidence that big government has not shrunk in the United States, regardless of what President Bill...
- Patronage award.
Ferguson, Andrew // Long Island Business News (7/1993 to 5/2009); 7/22/96, Vol. 43 Issue 30, p1Reports on the Suffolk County Legislature's approval of a resolution to hire Theresa Powell, mother of Suffolk Republican Chairman John Powell, as a deputy public administrator.
- PATRONAGE AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MONARCHIC ISRAEL.
Simkins, Ronald A. // Semeia; 1999, Issue 87, p123Relates the patronage and political economy during the monarchic period of Israel. Evidence of the patronage and kinship structures; Dominance of the political-economic structure; Use of the Marxist concepts of mode of production.
- Patronage, the Public Service and the Courts.
McFeeley, Neil D. // Public Personnel Management; Fall81, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p343Focuses on the opinion of the federal judiciary on dismissals and transfers of public employees for political reasons in the U.S. Analysis on the topic of patronage; Decision of the court on practice of patronage; Effect of the decision on political party system.
- Entity identity crisis.
James, Colin // Management; Nov97, Vol. 44 Issue 10, p109Discusses the practice of Crown entities, a form of political corruption in New Zealand. Crown entities as bodies which perform government business but not under the jurisdiction of government agencies or departments; Role of Crown entities in a bureaucratic government; Implications to...
- Patron-Client Networks and the Economic Effects of Corruption in Asia.
Khan, Mushtaq H. // European Journal of Development Research; Jun98, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p15Examines the relationship between the differential economic performance of capitalist developers in Asia and the types of patron-client networks within which their corruption operates. Key differences in the patron-client networks in several Asian countries; Influence of the patron-client...
- Political Patronage.
Kellogg, Jonathan // IRE Journal; Nov/Dec2000, Vol. 23 Issue 6, p19Discusses the result of the investigation into political patronage in Waterbury, Connecticut, conducted by `Waterbury Republican-American's Sean Patrick Lyons. Efforts to determine school officials' practice of hiring blood relatives; Comments from Lyons. INSET: GETTING RESULTS.
- Civil Service Reform: The State and Local Response.
Argyle, Nolan J. // Public Personnel Management; Summer82, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p157Examines civil service reforms in the U.S. Basis of the reforms; Response of the state and local levels; Emphasis on the betterment of the existing system.
- Arab Revolution Could Trigger Foreign Investment boom.
Tong, Sebastian // Muslim Observer; 3/18/2011, Vol. 13 Issue 12, p6The article reports on the economic opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa brought by the entrenched monopolies and patronage that bring in foreign capital.
- Political patronage and the first amendment: Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois, 110 S. Ct....
Heinen, Steven G. // Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy; Winter91, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p292Discusses the US Supreme Court's ruling in the case `Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois,' which stated that the patronage practice of dismissing public employees on the basis of their political affiliation violates the First Amendment. Plaintiffs claims that the Illinois Governor had been...
- `...blatant patronage appointments...'.
Heinen, Steven G. // Long Island Business News (7/1993 to 5/2009); 3/20/95, Vol. 42 Issue 12, p4Opinion. Criticizes the appointment of Bernadette Castro as commissioner of New York state's parks. Running against Sen. Patrick Moynihan; Eliminating patronage politics; Comments on the appointment of Margaret Reilly as Long Island's regional director of parks.
- Two hats are better than one.
Kemper, Vicki; J.D. // Common Cause Magazine; Apr-Jun92, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p5Makes observations concerning whether or not Washington lobbyists who have volunteered to help re-elect President George Bush are using the inside position to help their firms on other issues. James Lake, who's most famous client in Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, a major investor in Bank of...
- Trading favors.
Denny, Jeffrey; Kemper, Vicki // Common Cause Magazine; Apr-Jun92, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p17Discusses various aspects of the economic strategies employed by members of Team 100 (individuals who donated $100,000 to President George Bush's campaign) and the federal support received for protecting their markets. Domestic cement industry benefits from anti-dumping laws; Overturned import...
- Governors vie with chiefs on policy, politics.
Johnston, Robert C. // Education Week; 05/12/99, Vol. 18 Issue 35, p1Discusses the detrimental effects of state politics on the process of creating good, consistent education policies for schools in the United States. Party patronage and partisanship; Conflicts between governors, state school chiefs and state boards of education.
- Impeachment payback.
Crawford, Craig // National Journal; 3/13/99, Vol. 31 Issue 11, p711Discusses that United States Senator Tom Harkin, President Bill Clinton's staunch supporter during the Senate impeachment hearings, has received the support of Clinton's adviser James Carvell. Contents of the fund-raising letter Carvell wrote for Harkin.
- Supreme Court redefines political spoils system.
Kilpatrick, James J. // Human Events; 7/1/94, Vol. 50 Issue 25, p19Discusses court cases involving the political spoils system. Daniel Rewers versus John Lumley; Richard J. Elrod versus John Burns; `Branti versus Finkel'; `Rutan versus Republican Party'; `Wilbur versus Mahan.'
- bushies dig in.
Schulman, Daniel // Mother Jones; Nov/Dec2008, Vol. 33 Issue 6, p13The article examines a practice known as burrowing in, through which employees of a U.S. presidential administration arrange for continued employment once the administration leaves office. The author explains that by burrowing in, persons who received their posts through political patronage and...
- OKLAHOMA.
Schulman, Daniel // Campaigns & Elections (1996); Nov2007, Vol. 28 Issue 11, p24The article reports that twelve potentially improper checks totaling $33,000 from the 2004 election cycle form the basis of an ongoing Republican fundraising investigation in the U.S. The money inexplicably ended up in the Oklahoma County Republicans' fundraising committee account, though check...
- Patron saints.
Forer, L. // Washington Monthly; Jul/Aug91, Vol. 23 Issue 7/8, p28Advances the idea that the United States government would be more humanized by a return to the patronage system. How it would benefit ordinary citizens; Elected officials would be more answerable; More voters would go to the polls; Party committees as community advocates; Suggested reform of...
- Political Patronage and Party Choice among Israeli Voters.
Burstein, Paul // Journal of Politics; Nov76, Vol. 38 Issue 4, p1024Deals with a study which investigated the impact of political party and patronage on the Israel electorate. Impact of assistance from the Histadrut; Relationship between contacts with parties and party choice; Reasons for the low incidence of patronage in Israel.
- Payback time.
Gray, James // Business Journal Serving Southern Tier, CNY, Mohawk Valley, Fing; 3/3/97, Vol. 11 Issue 5, p4Opinion. Comments on the impacts of patronage politics existing between President Bill Clinton and some sectors of the American community particularly labor and the legal profession resulting from personal gratitude. Presidential veto of legislative measures passed by Congress; Influence of...
- Judicial elections need lawmaker action.
BOEHM, Ted // Indianapolis Business Journal; 12/3/2012, Vol. 33 Issue 40, p4CThe author reflects on the need for lawmaker action to address the judicial election issues in Marion County, Indiana. He examines the effectiveness of replacing the process of electing Marion County judges with a merit system. The author also provides an overview of the concerns raised by...
- WHAT A MESS.
BOEHM, Ted // Time; 5/12/2003, Vol. 161 Issue 19, p22Reports that a panel of three judges produced conflicting rulings on the law that bans soft money for political contributions. How the U.S. Supreme Court will look into the matter later in 2003.
- TAKE A TIP FROM KENTUCKY.
Wiltbye, John // America; 10/26/1940, Vol. 64 Issue 3, p67The author reflects on the American custom of having elections particularly in Kentucky. He mentions that Kentucky's customs of having elections make the country poorer and the government to subsidize. He also believes that the Hatch Act is not enough to ensure unbought elections, instead, an...
- The ATM for Bush's America.
Lizza, Ryan // New York; 7/25/2005, Vol. 38 Issue 26, p34Focuses on the contribution of New Yorker Mallory Factor to the U.S. Republican Party. Influence of Factor's wife on his decision to get involved in politics; Top New Yorkers in terms of contribution to the party.
- NAFCU Is Emerging As A Political Force.
Roberts, Ed // Credit Union Journal; 7/12/2004, Vol. 8 Issue 28, p24Focuses on the political fundraising of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU) through its political action committee. Comparison with the Credit Union NA; Role of NAFCU lobbyist Brad Thaler in strengthening the association's political action committee; Importance of providing...
- Malaysia's Political Economy (Book Review).
Trezzini, Bruno // Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International & Strate; Dec2000, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p620Reviews the book 'Malaysia's Political Economy. Politics, Patronage and Profits,' by Edmund Terence Gomez and Jomo K.S.
- Talk has turned fuzzy on the airport.
Finn // New Orleans CityBusiness (1994 to 2008); 11/22/99, Vol. 20 Issue 22, p29Focuses on complaints about the management of the New Orleans International Airport in Louisiana. Hotbed of political patronage; Major improvements at the airport; Business community's call for an airport authority that better represents all the constituencies affected and served by the airport.
- MORE MONEY FOR EVERYONE!
Finn // New Republic; 7/29/96, Vol. 215 Issue 5, p7Comments on the failure of the U.S. government to restricting a political candidate's spending. Violation of spending limits by Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole; Criticism against the attitude of House Speaker Newt Gingrich on campaign finance; Evidence of the reluctance of...
- Patronage in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Koven, Steven G. // Public Integrity; Summer2007, Vol. 9 Issue 3, p285The continuing tensions between patronage and merit are illustrated in this case study. Based on telephone interviews and a review of published accounts, it describes a series of apparent violations of merit-hiring principles that occurred in Kentucky during the gubernatorial administration of...
- If campaign finance reform is the beginning, what is the end?
Kallick, David Dyssegaard // Social Policy; Fall95, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p2This article addresses several proposals for campaign finance reform in the U.S. as of September 1995. Stories of campaign finance abuses have become so common that the numbed public no longer considers them scandals. The author notes that the extent of public skepticism, takes two things clear:...
- Bush's ruling class.
Denny, Jeffrey; Kemper, Vicki // Common Cause Magazine; Apr-Jun92, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p8Reports on results of a special investigation by staff members of `Common Cause Magazine,' on the pattern of special favors granted to President George Bush's inner circle of $100,000 donors. Prominent members of Team 100; Donors among the nation's wealthiest individuals; Two of Bush's donors...
- Short circuit.
Denny, Jeffrey; Kemper, Vicki // Common Cause Magazine; Apr-Jun92, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p10Makes observations concerning whether or not members of President George Bush's Team 100 (individuals who donated $100,000 or more to his campaign) were granted special favors from the President. Fight between Denver International airport and Front Range-Centerport over major cargo carriers;...
- BLANK CHECK.
Roeder, Edward // New Republic; 04/14/97, Vol. 216 Issue 15, p19Discusses the correlation between the bipartisan flouting of the federal campaign finance law and the fund-raising scandals in the U.S. Components and requirements of the federal campaign finance reform laws; Background of the fund-raising scandals of the administration of President Bill...
- With Victories like These...
Miller, Ellen S. // American Prospect; 3/25/2002, Vol. 13 Issue 6, p14Provides information on the Shays-Meehan campaign finance reform bill in the U.S. Provisions of the bill regarding capitalization on individual donations; Benefits from the bill; Discussion on the shortcomings of the bill.
- Labor and the Democratic Party: A Report on the 1998 Elections.
Dark III, Taylor E. // Journal of Labor Research; Fall2000, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p627The nature of the relationship between organized labor and the Democratic party -- still much debated among scholars -- can be usefully examined through an analysis of the role of unions in the 1998 congressional elections. Evidence drawn from a wide range of sources shows that the AFL-CIO and...
- Loud in their triumph.
Owen, I.M. // Books in Canada; Nov88, Vol. 17 Issue 8, p28Reviews the book 'Spoils of Power: The Politics of Patronage,' by Jeffrey Simpson.
- CIVIL SERVICE REFORM IN POST-INDEPENDENCE NIGERIA: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES.
Sekwat, Alex // Public Administration Quarterly; Winter2002, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p498This article examines Nigeria's experience with civil service reforms after it attained independence from Britain in 1960. It first highlights civil service reform programs attempted by various post-independence Nigerian governments. Within this context the study addresses key issues,...
- Public employees in political firms: Part A. The patronage era.
Reid Jr., Joseph D.; Kurth, Michael M. // Public Choice; Dec1988, Vol. 59 Issue 3, p253In part A. The patronage era we explain of the changing organization of public employees from patrons to spoilsmen, (Part B. Civil service and militancy, explains the evolution from spoilsmen to civil servants to militant unionists). Commonly, each transformation has been related only to some...
- Emperor Vespasian: Political Patron of Rhetoric.
Smith, Robert W. // Western Speech; Summer1963, Vol. 27 Issue 3, p158The article informs about the accounts of rhetorical theory and practices of ancient Rome. This article attempts to examine the role of the first Flavian emperor, Vespasian (A. D. 60-79), in the support of the theory and practice of public discourse during his sovereignty. Rhetorical theorists,...
- SPOILS 2005.
Greenblatt, Alan // Governing; Jul2005, Vol. 18 Issue 10, p16Focuses on patronage in hiring U.S. civil service employees. Investigation being faced by Republican Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher for helping his party affiliates find work in the state; Other public officers who use the patronage system in hiring government employees.
- BARGAINING LAWS AS A CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE OF THE GROWTH OF TEACHER UNIONISM.
Saltzman, Gregory M. // Industrial & Labor Relations Review; Apr85, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p335This study analyzes state-level data tor 1959-78 to determine whether the rapid growth of teacher unionism during those years was primarily a result or a cause of the public sector bargaining laws adopted during the same period. The author finds, contrary to the view of some scholars, that the...
- Jane Austen and Old Corruption.
Jones // Literature & History; Autumn2000, Vol. 9 Issue 2, p1The article proposes that Austen's attitude towards patronage is not as complacent as many commentators suggest. In the novels wholly composed after 1811 she shares the contemporary national response to corruption scandals that brought about reductions in such undue influence. The half-conscious...
- Where Parties Fail.
Jones // Saturday Evening Post; 11/19/1932, Vol. 205 Issue 21, p20Comments on the political party system in the U.S. Lack of principles and issues that characterize the political parties; Criticisms on the influence of local political groups on national parties; Comparison of the party system in England and the U.S.
- Campaign finances and political platforms: The economics of political controversy.
Congleton, Roger D. // Public Choice; Aug1989, Vol. 62 Issue 2, p101Examines the extent to which a trade off between raising campaign funds and votes might account for the existence of political controversy. Structures of typical political campaigns; Incentives faced by prospective political donors; Factors which influence voters' preferences including,...
- Political Patronage and Gun Violence in the Dancehall.
HOWARD, DENNIS // Jamaica Journal; 2010, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p8The article asserts that dancehall music or culture reflects political patronage and gun violence. However, in an interview conducted by scholar Carolyn Cooper, she considered dancehall as apolitical because it criticizes the political structure. During the 1960s and the 1970s, the political...
- Political Patronage and Gun Violence in the Dancehall.
HOWARD, DENNIS // Jamaica Journal; 2010, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p8The article asserts that dancehall music or culture reflects political patronage and gun violence. However, in an interview conducted by scholar Carolyn Cooper, she considered dancehall as apolitical because it criticizes the political structure. During the 1960s and the 1970s, the political...
