External conditionality and the debt crisis: the ‘Troika’ and public administration reform in Greece

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 295-314

  Featherstone, Kevin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Administrative reform; conditionality; debt crisis; Greece

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924788131     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2014.955123     Document Type: Article

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