The Merit of Meritocratization: Politics, Bureaucracy, and the Institutional Deterrents of Corruption

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 656-668

  Dahlström, Carl ^a   Lapuente, Victor ^a   Teorell, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Corruption; Meritocratic recruitment; Public administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860568415     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912911408109     Document Type: Article

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