New public management: The cruellest invention of the human spirit?

Abacus

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-21

  Lapsley, Irvine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit society; E government; Management consultants; NPM; Policy failures; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449193267     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6281.2009.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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