Attraction to public policy-making: A qualitative inquiry into improvements in PSM measurement

Public Administration

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1128-1147

  Ritz, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052663455     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01923.x     Document Type: Article

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