'Glorified gofers, policy experts or good generalists': A classification of the roles of the Irish ministerial adviser

Irish Political Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 347-369

  Connaughton, Bernadette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

adviser; executive; minister; policy process; secretary general

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955434548     PISSN: 07907184     EISSN: 17439078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07907184.2010.497636     Document Type: Review

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