Research has indicated that some of these regions were able to develop a different style of politics, although many of the regional leaders were also caught up in the anticorruption drive of the 1980s and 1990s.
Visse af disse regioner synes dog at have udviklet en anden politisk stil, selvom mange regionale ledere også blev ramt af antikorruptionskampagnen i 1980'eme og 1990'eme.