Responsibility versus accountability in the Friedrich-Finer debate

Journal of Management History

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-77

  Jackson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Modern history; Public administration; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955398158     PISSN: 17511348     EISSN: 17587751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511340910921790     Document Type: Article

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