Nepotism at the top reproduced itself down the officer hierarchy

Evidence

The problem in fact lay deeper than addressing a particular grievance or correcting a minor mistake. If these senior officers had been appointed to their positions mostly on the strength of their personal relationship to Mehmed Ali or some member of his household, why should they not do the same thing themselves and appoint or promote some of their own friends or members of their families? — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 932

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Key crisis actors were rewarded with prestigious positions rather than sanctioned — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 568