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The Contemporary
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The contemporary ministerial staffing system is large, active and partisan - far larger and further [blank] than any West minster equivalent. Ministers' demands for help to cope with the pressures of an increasingly competitive and professionalized political environment have been key drivers of the staffing system's development. But there has not been a commensurate growth in [blank] to support and control it. The [blank] framework for ministerial staff is [blank] and ad hoc.
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The contemporary ministerial staffing system is large, active and partisan - far larger and further evolved than any West minster equivalent. Ministers' demands for help to cope with the pressures of an increasingly competitive and professionalized political environment have been key drivers of the staffing system's development. But there has not been a commensurate growth in arrangements to support and control it. The operating framework for ministerial staff is fragmented and ad hoc.
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