Governance and Bureaucracy in Singapore: Contemporary Reforms and Implications

International Political Science Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-240

  Haque, M Shamsul ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Governance; Reform; Singapore; State

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242809760     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: 1460373X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512104042314     Document Type: Article

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