Cuts and reforms - Public services as we move into a new era

Society and Economy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-31

  Pollitt, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cutbacks; Expenditure; Leadership; Legitimacy; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953000728     PISSN: 15889726     EISSN: 1588970X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/SocEc.32.2010.1.3     Document Type: Article

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