Danger zones of corruption: How management of the ministerial bureaucracy affects corruption risks in poland

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 191-204

  Heywood, Paul ^a   Meyer Sahling, Jan Hinrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Civil service; Corruption; East Central Europe; Poland; State capture

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; CIVIL SERVICE; CORRUPTION; INCENTIVE; POLITICAL RELATIONS; STATE ROLE;

POLAND;

EID: 84897053980     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.1644     Document Type: Article

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