Sand in the machinery? Comparing bureaucrats' and politicians' attitudes toward public sector reform

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 767-799

  Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

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EID: 26244448731     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2005.00247.x     Document Type: Review

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