Appointments to the highest grades in the civil service - Drawing the curtain open

Public Administration

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 657-677

  Richards, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040401642     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.1996.tb00889.x     Document Type: Article

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