How to assess administrative reform? Investigating the adoption and preliminary impacts of the norwegian welfare administration reform

Public Administration

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 232-246

  Askim, Jostein ^a,c   Christensen, Tom ^b   Fimreite, Anne Lise ^a   Lægreid, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Mergers and Acquisitions Group   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM; AUTONOMY; COMPLEXITY; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; WELFARE REFORM;

NORWAY;

EID: 77950287081     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2010.01809.x     Document Type: Article

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