Nonsense on Stilts: United Kingdom Perspectives on the Global Financial Crisis and Governance

Public Organization Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-75

  Massey, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Institutions; Integrity; New public management; Professionalism; Trust; UK governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952490634     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: 15737098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-010-0147-y     Document Type: Article

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