Not odious but onerous: Comparative public administration

Public Administration

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-127

  Pollitt, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 78650453819     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01904.x     Document Type: Article

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