To the short-sighted victor belong the spoils: Politics and merit adoption in comparative perspective

Governance

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 431-458

  Lapuente, Victor ^a   Nistotskaya, Marina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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EID: 68149154714     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: 14680491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2009.01446.x     Document Type: Review

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