Making sense of public management reform: ‘drivers’ and ‘supporters’ in comparative perspective

Public Management Review

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 449-459

  Thynne, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Administrators; Drivers; Models; Politicians; Propositions; Reform; Supporters

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444502340     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1471903032000146982     Document Type: Article

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