Red tape and reforms: Trajectories of technological and managerial reforms in public administration

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 749-770

  Homburg, Vincent M F ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Administrative reform; Comparative study; E government; Trajectories of reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249110131     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900690701690817     Document Type: Article

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