Bringing the politics back in: Public value in westminster parliamentary government

Public Administration

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-183

  Rhodes, R A W ^a,b   Wanna, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; STATE ROLE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTMINSTER [CALIFORNIA];

EID: 66349126531     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2009.01763.x     Document Type: Article

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