One-stop shops for social welfare: The adaptation of an organizational form in three countries

Public Administration

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1451-1468

  Askim, Jostein ^a   Fimreite, Anne Lise ^b   Moseley, Alice ^c   Pedersen, Lene Holm ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; WELFARE PROVISION; WELFARE REFORM;

WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84155168003     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01933.x     Document Type: Article

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