Limits of the citizen's charter in India: The critical impacts of social exclusion

Public Management Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 391-416

  Haque, M Shamsul ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Citizen's Charter; Implications; India; Public management; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745699630     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030500180971     Document Type: Article

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