National civil service systems and the implications of multi-level governance: Weberianism revisited?

The Civil Service in the 21st Century: Comparative Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 103-120

  Van den Berg, Caspar F ^a   Toonen, Theo A J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84999892021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230593084     Document Type: Chapter

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