Why Reforms So Often Disappoint

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-16

  Aberbach, Joel D ^a   Christensen, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

comprehensive rational perspective; garbage can perspective; implementation; modified garbage can perspective; public reforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888236323     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074013504128     Document Type: Article

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