Bureau shuffling? The review of public administration in Northern Ireland

Public Administration

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 941-965

  Knox, Colin ^a   Carmichael, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SERVICE; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750737307     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2006.00619.x     Document Type: Review

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