Towards a neo-weberian European Union? Lisbon agenda and public administration

Halduskultuur

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-21

  Drechsler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Lisbon Agenda; Neo Weberian State; New Public Managament; Public Administration; Public Management Reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956349093     PISSN: 17366070     EISSN: 17366089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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