Sport policy and the new public management in the Caribbean: Convergence or resurgence?

Public Management Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-476

  McCree, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Convergence; New public management; Resurgence; Sport policy; Trinidad and Tobago

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249095661     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030902989532     Document Type: Article

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