Bottom-up and top-down reform: Diffusion of information disclosure and administrative procedure ordinances in Japan

International Public Management Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 237-255

  Ito, Shuichiro ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 7244257681     PISSN: 10967494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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