Praising Civil Service but Not Bureaucracy: A Brief Against Tenure in the U.S. Civil Service

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-192

  Maranto, Robert ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84997909348     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X0202200301     Document Type: Article

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