Repositioning the state and the public sector reform agenda: The case of Hong Kong

Reasserting the Public in Public Services: New Public Management Reforms

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 79-100

  Cheung, Anthony B L ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84862237723     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203858523     Document Type: Chapter

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