Street-level bureaucracy and public accountability

Public Administration

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 279-299

  Hupe, Peter ^a   Hill, Michael ^b,c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; AUTONOMY; BUREAUCRACY; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 34249712341     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00650.x     Document Type: Article

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