Bureaucratic process as morris dance: An ethnographic approach to the culture of bureaucracy in Australian aboriginal affairs administration

Critical Perspectives on International Business

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 127-141

  Sullivan, Patrick ^a  

^a Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian aboriginals; Bureaucracy; Ethnic groups; Ethnography; Government policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 45249121027     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422040810869981     Document Type: Review

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