Public management: Should it strive to be art, science, or engineering?

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-123

  Behn, Robert ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0009156923     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a024305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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