Narratives of Norwegian governance: Elaborating the strong state tradition

Public Administration

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 163-190

  Christensen, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PUBLIC SECTOR; STATE ROLE;

NORWAY;

EID: 0037249558     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9299.00341     Document Type: Article

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