The Challenge of Civil Service Reform: The Elusive Goal of Governance

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The Challenge of Civil Service Reform : The Elusive Goal of Governance. / Afsah, Ebrahim.

Das internationale Engagement in Afghanistan in der Sackgasse?: Eine friedensethische Auseinandersetzung. ed. / Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven; Ebrahim Afsah. Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2011. p. 144-168.

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Harvard

Afsah, E 2011, The Challenge of Civil Service Reform: The Elusive Goal of Governance. in H-G Justenhoven & E Afsah (eds), Das internationale Engagement in Afghanistan in der Sackgasse?: Eine friedensethische Auseinandersetzung. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, pp. 144-168.

APA

Afsah, E. (2011). The Challenge of Civil Service Reform: The Elusive Goal of Governance. In H-G. Justenhoven, & E. Afsah (Eds.), Das internationale Engagement in Afghanistan in der Sackgasse?: Eine friedensethische Auseinandersetzung (pp. 144-168). Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.

Vancouver

Afsah E. The Challenge of Civil Service Reform: The Elusive Goal of Governance. In Justenhoven H-G, Afsah E, editors, Das internationale Engagement in Afghanistan in der Sackgasse?: Eine friedensethische Auseinandersetzung. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 2011. p. 144-168

Author

Afsah, Ebrahim. / The Challenge of Civil Service Reform : The Elusive Goal of Governance. Das internationale Engagement in Afghanistan in der Sackgasse?: Eine friedensethische Auseinandersetzung. editor / Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven ; Ebrahim Afsah. Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2011. pp. 144-168

Bibtex

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