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The Politics of Appointment of Top Civil Servants: Career Backgrounds and Civil Service Politicization in the Czech Republic Cover

The Politics of Appointment of Top Civil Servants: Career Backgrounds and Civil Service Politicization in the Czech Republic

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|Dec 2020

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Page range: 75 - 92
Published on: Dec 10, 2020
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