Public administration around the world

Good Government: The Relevance of Political Science

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 40-67

  Dahlström, Carl ^a   Lapuente, Victor ^a,b   Teorell, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b The Quality of Government Institute   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84881729819     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857934932.00009     Document Type: Chapter

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