Public sector reform: an overview of recent literature and research on NPM and alternative paths

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-16

  de Vries, Michiel ^a,b   Nemec, Juraj ^b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Mathematics   (El Salvador)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Developmental state; Governance; Neo Weberian state; New public management; Performance management; Public sector reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872948963     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513551311293408     Document Type: Article

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