Gordon Brown and public management reform - A project in search of a 'big idea'?

Policy Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-51

  Evans, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice; Deliberative democracy; New localism; New public management; Personalisation; Public value; Public sector management; Social capital; User engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449164800     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870802576181     Document Type: Article

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