Do ministers do what they say? Ministerial unreliability, collegial and hierarchical governments

Political Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 455-476

  Blondel, Jean ^a   Manning, Nick ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 0036702777     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.00379     Document Type: Article

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