Politics in the Boardroom: Corporate Pay, Networks and Recruitment of Former Parliamentarians, Ministers and Civil Servants in Britain

Political Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 850-873

  González Bailon, Sandra ^a   Jennings, Will ^b   Lodge, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High public officials; Interlocking directorships; Network analysis; Post career rewards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887188596     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2012.00994.x     Document Type: Article

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