Policy arena: Impartiality through bureaucracy? A Sri Lankan approach to managing values

Journal of International Development

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 429-442

  McCourt, Willy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Civil service reform; Development management; NGOs; Patronage; South Asia; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; CIVIL SERVICE; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; MANAGEMENT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; PUBLIC SECTOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 34248148093     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1372     Document Type: Article

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