Public management reform and modernization: Trajectories of administrative change in Italy, France, Greece, Portugal and Spain

Public Management Reform and Modernization: Trajectories of Administrative Change In Italy, France, Greece, Portugal and Spain

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  Ongaro, Edoardo ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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