Post-bureaucracy and reanimating public governance: A discourse and practice of continuity?

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 531-547

  Budd, Leslie ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Governance; Public administration; Public sector reforms; Transactions costs

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICE; SOCIAL POLICY; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 34548695194     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550710818403     Document Type: Article

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