A tale of two characters: Political crisis, political realignment and administrative reform in Belgium

Public Management Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 367-390

  Van de Walle, Steven ^a   Thijs, Nick ^a   Bouckaert, Geert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Administrative reform; Political crisis; Reform rhetoric; Trust in government; User charter

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745699635     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030500180930     Document Type: Article

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