The UK Parliament and performance: Challenging or challenged?

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-131

  Johnson, Carole ^a   Talbot, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Parliament; Performance reporting; Public service agreements; Scrutin; UK

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SERVICE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947424682     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852307075693     Document Type: Article

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