Trajectories of reform: Public management change in four countries

Public Money and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-18

  Pollitt, Christopher ^a   Summa, Hilkka ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Valtiovarainministerio Finland   (Finland)

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EID: 0031542656     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00051     Document Type: Article

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