A critique of the New Public Management and the Neo-Weberian State: Advancing a critical theory of administrative reform

Public Organization Review

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-358

  Dunn, William N ^a   Miller, David Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative reform; Bureaucracy; Critical theory; European public administration; Neo Weberian state; New public management

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649004928     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: 15737098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-007-0042-3     Document Type: Article

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