Understanding modern transparency

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 255-269

  Meijer, Albert ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Post)modernization; Internet; Transparency

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; MODERNIZATION; RATIONALIZATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649595559     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852309104175     Document Type: Article

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