Cronyism
- Old boy networks
- Political placemen
Incidence
Media coverage of President Clinton in the USA stressed the extent to which he relied on "Friends of Bill" many of whom were duly hired as White House aides. The Whitewater scandal concerning his earlier financial and political arrangements in Arkansas noted the extent to which state politics there was characterized by cozy relationships between politics and business.
Claim
Virtually every aspect of public life is now run by political placemen and cronies.
Narrower
Aggravates
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Strategy
Value
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