A return to spoils? Revisiting radical civil service reform in the United States

Public Administration Review

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 425-436

  Condrey, Stephen E ^a   Battaglio Jr , R Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 34250173087     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00726_2.x     Document Type: Review

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