The changing colours of the post-communist state: The politicisation of the senior civil service in Hungary

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-33

  Meyer Sahling, Jan Hinrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 37349068476     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2007.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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