Ministerial advisers, politicization and the retreat from Westminster: The case of New Zealand

Public Administration

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 609-640

  Eichbaum, Chris ^a   Shaw, Richard ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CIVIL SERVICE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL PROCESS; PUBLIC SERVICE; STATE ROLE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 34548264103     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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