40 years of public management reform in uk central government - promises, promises ...

Policy and politics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 465-480

  Pollitt, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Central government; Public management; Reform

Indexed keywords

ELITE POLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GOVERNMENT; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84884971610     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557312X655710     Document Type: Article

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