Public-sector transformation in South Africa: Getting the basics right

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-64

  Wenzel, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Corruption; Governance; Leadership; Managerialism; Politics of service delivery; Privatisation; Public sector reform; State monopoly pricing regulation

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; CORRUPTION; DEMOCRATIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEADERSHIP; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MONOPOLY; POLITICAL HISTORY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POST-APARTHEID; PRICING POLICY; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGIONAL POLITICS; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 72349085759     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146499340600700105     Document Type: Article

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