Policy Alienation of Public Professionals: A Comparative Case Study of Insurance Physicians and Secondary School Teachers

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 259-271

  Tummers, Lars ^a   Bekkers, Victor ^a   Steijn, Bram ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

neoliberalism; policy alienation; policy implementation; professionalism; public professionals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858185855     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2012.651413     Document Type: Article

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