Professionals, discretion and public sector reform in the UK: Re-visiting Lipsky

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 629-642

  Taylor, Ian ^a   Kelly, Josie ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Control; Public sector reform; Social workers; Teachers; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC SECTOR; REFORM PROCESS; SOCIAL WORK;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750605892     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550610704662     Document Type: Article

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