Trials of explicitness in the implementation of public management reform

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 550-566

  Muniesa, Fabian ^a   Linhardt, Dominique ^a  

^a CENTRE DE SOCIOLOGIE DE L INNOVATION   (France)

Author keywords

Actor Network Theory; France; LOLF; New Public Management; Performance measurement; Pragmatic sociology; Public administration; Science and technology policy; The state

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051581610     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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