Are you being served? The responsiveness of public administration to citizens' demands: An empirical examination in Israel

Public Administration

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 165-191

  Vigoda, Eran ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0034020332     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9299.00198     Document Type: Article

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