Wang Anshi and the origins of modern public management in Song Dynasty China

Public Money and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 353-360

  Drechsler, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; non Western public administration; public management reform; Wang Anshi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880019177     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.817125     Document Type: Article

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