Similar Ends, Differing Means: Contractualism and Civil Service Reform in Denmark and New Zealand

Governance

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-82

  Gregory, Robert ^a   Christensen, Jørgen Grønnegaard ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 1342329486     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0952-1895.2004.00237.x     Document Type: Review

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