Not just parliamentary "cowboys and indians": Ministerial responsibility and bureaucratic drift

Governance

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 365-392

  Kam, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 0034355287     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0952-1895.00138     Document Type: Article

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