Politicization of the Swedish civil service: A necessary evil - or just evil?

Politicization of the Civil Service in Comparative Perspective: The Quest for Control

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 41-54

  Pierre, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 84881871816     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203799857     Document Type: Chapter

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