Chapter 4 Reforms of Central Government Coordination in OECD-Countries: Culture as Counterforce For Cross-National Unifying Processes?

Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 16, Issue , 2007, Pages 77-115

  Beuselinck, Eva ^a   Verhoest, Koen ^a   Bouckaert, Geert ^a  

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EID: 34547931896     PISSN: 07321317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-1317(07)16004-8     Document Type: Review

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