Democratic subjectivities in network governance: A Q methodology study of ENGLISH and DUTCH public managers

Public Administration

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1253-1273

  Jeffares, Stephen ^a   Skelcher, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 78649370376     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2010.01888.x     Document Type: Article

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