Sharpening a knife cleverly: Organizational change, policy paradox, and the "weaponizing" of administrative reforms

Public Administration Review

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 282-294

  Durant, Robert F ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38949090360     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00862.x     Document Type: Article

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