The termination of public organizations: Theoretical perspectives to revitalize a promising research area

Public Organization Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-236

  Adam, Christian ^a   Bauer, Michael W ^a   Knill, Christoph ^a   Studinger, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Administrative reform; Policy termination; Public organizations; Termination

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548188530     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: 15737098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-007-0033-4     Document Type: Article

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