The role of magic concepts

Public Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 641-658

  Pollitt, Christopher ^a   Hupe, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accountability; Discourse; Governance; Government; Networks; Political language; Rhetoric; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959245351     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2010.532963     Document Type: Article

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