Putting new public management to good use: Autonomous public organizations in Thailand

Unbundled Government: A Critical Analysis of the Global Trend to Agencies, Quangos and Contractualisation

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 247-263

  Bowornwathana, Bidhya ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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EID: 84906523240     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203507148     Document Type: Chapter

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