The institutionalization of political discretion in post-communist civil service systems: The case of Hungary

Public Administration

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 693-715

  Meyer Sahling, Jan Hinrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM; CIVIL SERVICE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 33747187778     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2006.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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