The organization of discipline: From performance management to perversity and punishment

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Soss, Joe ^a   Fording, Richard ^b   Schram, Sanford F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 79953687694     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: 14779803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muq095     Document Type: Article

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