Complexity and Hybrid Public Administration-Theoretical and Empirical Challenges

Public Organization Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 407-423

  Christensen, Tom ^a   Lægreid, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Administrative reform; Complexity; Hybrid; New Public Management; Norway; Post NPM; Welfare adminsitration reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555194457     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: 15737098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-010-0141-4     Document Type: Article

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