Trends in the public sector: Why politicians prefer quasi-autonomous organizations

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-201

  Van Thiel, Sandra ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Administrative reform; Quangos; Rational choice theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842733349     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951629804041120     Document Type: Review

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