Jobs for the Boys: Patronage and the State in Comparative Perspective by Merilee S. Grindle

Jobs for the Boys: Patronage and the State in Comparative Perspective

Merilee S. Grindle

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Patronage systems in the public service are universally reviled as undemocratic and corrupt. Yet patronage was the prevailing method of staffing government for centuries, and in some countries it still is. In Jobs for the Boys, Merilee Grindle co...

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