Good neighbours or distant friends?: Trust between Dutch ministries and their executive agencies

Public Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 783-802

  van Thiel, Sandra ^a   Yesilkagit, Kutsal ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Delegation; Executive agencies; Quasi autonomous government; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052144086     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2010.539111     Document Type: Article

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