Globalization of administrative reforms: The dilemmas of combining political control and increased institutional autonomy

Handbook of Globalization, Governance, and Public Administration

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 376-405

  Christensen, Tom ^a   Lægreid, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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