Spoils system
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spoils-system-187-10522021
title:
Spoils system
text:
In politics and government, a spoils system is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters, friends (cronyism), and relatives (nepotism) as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party—as opposed to a merit system, where offices are awarded or promoted on the basis of some measure of merit, independent of political activity. The term was used particularly in politics of the United States, wher
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Elected party giving jobs to supporters
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoils_system
date created:
2002-06-09T10:10:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T11:35:07Z
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