Credible commitments in policy and administration /

The theoretical argument of this dissertation contains a set of conditions under which professional personnel systems serve as political tools to make government efforts to implement public policies credible and reliable, and thus to protect democracy. The dissertation includes two empirical applica...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Petrovsky, Nicolai
Other Authors:	Taylor-Robinson, Michelle M. (Thesis advisor), Meier, Kenneth J. (Thesis advisor)
Format:	Thesis eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[College Station, Tex.] : [Texas A&M University], [2010]
Subjects:	Major political science. public administration political science
Online Access:	Link to OAK Trust copy