Reshaping public administration: The Spanish experience compared to the UK

Public Administration

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 445-464

  Torres, Lourdes ^a   Pina, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MODERNIZATION; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2642511527     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-3298.2004.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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