Technological Change: A Central yet Neglected Feature of Public Administration

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 31-53

  Pollitt, Christopher ^a  

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EID: 84864791497     PISSN: 13379038     EISSN: 13384309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10110-010-0003-z     Document Type: Article

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