Thaksinisation or managerialism? Reforming the Thai Bureaucracy

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-47

  Painter, Martin ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Administrative reform; Management; New public; Politicisation; Thailand; Thaksin Shinawatra

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644823782     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472330680000031     Document Type: Article

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