Differential legacy effects: Three propositions on the impact of administrative traditions on public administration reform in europe east and west

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-322

  Meyer Sahling, Jan Hinrik ^a   Yesilkagit, Kutsal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Administrative reform; Administrative traditions; Central and Eastern Europe; Europeanization; Historical legacies; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951787851     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2011.544515     Document Type: Article

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