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The Civil Service

The Civil Service

Keith Dowding

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
1995
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Política y gobierno
ISBN:
9780415075671

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Sophisticated yet easily accessible text which applies models of bureacracy to current changes in the British Civil Service and also looks at the impact of the EC.

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