Continuity amid discontinuity? George W. Bush, federal employment discrimination, and "big government conservatism"

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-466

  Bradbury, Mark D ^a   Battaglio Jr , R Paul ^b   Crum, John L ^c  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c US Merit Systems Protection Board   (United States)

Author keywords

civil service reform; employee discrimination; George W. Bush; merit protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649937152     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X10381486     Document Type: Article

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