New public management: The effects of contractualism and devolution on political control

Public Management Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-94

  Christensen, Tom ^a   Lægreid, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Effects; New public management; New Zealand; Norway; Political control; Reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937338229     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616670010009469     Document Type: Article

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