Varieties of legacies: A critical review of legacy explanations of public administration reform in East Central Europe

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 509-528

  Meyer Sahling, Jan Hinrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Administrative reform; Causal mechanisms; Communism; Comparative public administration; East Central Europe; Historical legacies; Post communism

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM; ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; POST-COMMUNISM; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70350458880     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852309337670     Document Type: Article

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