The study of public management in Norway: Combination of organization theory and political science

The Study of Public Management in Europe and the US: A Competitive Analysis of National Distinctiveness

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 99-121

  Christensen, Tom ^a   Laegreid, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 84919517013     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203936177     Document Type: Chapter

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