BEYOND NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT: AGENCIFICATION AND REGULATORY REFORM IN NORWAY

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-30

  Christensen, Tom ^a   Lie, Amund ^a   Lægreid, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

administrative reforms; central agencies; institutional change; New Public Management; regulatory reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923060283     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2008.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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