Public management reform in norway: Reluctance and tensions

International Handbook of Public Management Reform

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 300-316

  Christensen, Tom ^a,b   Lægreid, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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