State organisations as agencies: An identifiable and meaningful focus of research?

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-99

  Thynne, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; STATE ROLE;

EID: 2442428266     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.315     Document Type: Article

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