Nonincremental change in an Urban environment the case of New York City's human resources administration

Administration and Society

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 483-503

  Main, Thomas J ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Nonincremental change; Urban politics; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844455215     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399705277143     Document Type: Article

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