Agents of change: The role of public managers in public policy

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-20

  Hicklin, Alisa ^a   Godwin, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Bureaucrats; Implementation; Public management

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BUREAUCRACY; PLANNING THEORY; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 61549098380     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2008.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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