How politicians and bureaucrats network: A comparison across governments

Public Administration

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1274-1292

  Alexander, Damon ^a   Lewis, Jenny M ^a,b   Considine, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; COMMUNICATION NETWORK; POLITICS; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84055190008     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2010.01890.x     Document Type: Article

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