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100			_aBodiguel, J.L
245			_aPolitical and administrative traditions and the French civil service
520			_aAn analysis of the recruitment and selection procedures for administrative elites in France shows that there is little differentiation between them and social elites. Despite the introduction of unbiased and democratic selection procedures (the competitive exam), there are no real social differences between the two groups, although they are selected in different ways. Social elites came to understand, very early on, the importance of working in the service of the state though they have striven to perpetuate their position more as social rather than administrative elites. The barriers that they have placed in front of other levels of French Society have ensured that, within the administration graduates, hav
650			_a Civil Service
650			_a France
650			_aCivil Service - France
773			_aInternational Journal of Public Administration
909			_a1927
999			_c1927 _d1927