Administrative traditions and policy change: When policy paradigms matter. The case of Italian administrative reform during the 1990s

Public Administration

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 781-801

  Capano, Giliberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM; PLANNING SYSTEM; POLICY STRATEGY; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0347532614     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-3298.2003.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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