Understanding minister-bureaucrat relations: Applying multi-theoretic approaches in public management

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-58

  Laffin, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031500640     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.1997.tb01241.x     Document Type: Article

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