Agencification and Corporatization in Norway 1947-2011

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 659-672

  Lægreid, Per ^a   Roness, Paul G ^a   Rolland, Vidar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Social Science Data Archives   (Norway)

Author keywords

administrative reform; agencification; corporatization; government

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880472232     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2013.791311     Document Type: Article

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