The odyssey of administrative reforms in Greece, 1981-2009: A tale of two reform paths

Public Administration

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 723-737

  Spanou, Calliope ^a   Sotiropoulos, Dimitri A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DECENTRALIZATION; DEMOCRATIZATION; ECONOMIC REFORM; EUROPEAN UNION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MODERNIZATION; POLITICAL CHANGE; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

GREECE;

EID: 80052647591     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01914.x     Document Type: Article

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