Civil service reform in Latin America: External referents versus own capacities

Bulletin of Latin American Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 554-573

  Ramió, Carlos ^a   Salvador, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Civil service; Institutional change; Institutions; Latin America; New Public Management; Public administration

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SERVICE; DEMOCRATIZATION; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; LEARNING; POLITICAL REFORM; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 52949109733     PISSN: 02613050     EISSN: 14709856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-9856.2008.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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