Control over government: Institutional isomorphism and governance dynamics in German public administration

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-233

  Lodge, Martin ^a   Wegrich, Kai ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Building administration; Cultural theory; Institutional isomorphism; Modes of control; Prison

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 20444505643     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2005.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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