Israel's auditor as policy change agent: The case of water policy

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 862-877

  Milgrom, Tamar ^a   Schwartz, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Auditing standards; Policy change models; State comptroller; Water management; Water policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949094353     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900690701696178     Document Type: Conference Paper

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