Towards performance, quality and environmental management in local government: The case of Spain

Local Government Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-212

  Montesinos, Vicente ^a   Brusca, Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Local accounting; Local government; Performance indicators; Performance management; Public management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70449412387     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930902742971     Document Type: Article

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