When do scandals have an impact on policy making? A case study of the police reform following the Dutroux scandal in Belgium

International Public Management Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-193

  Maesschalck, Jeroen ^a,b  

^a FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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