Local government modernization: UK and comparative analysis from an organizational perspective

Public Management Review

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 387-404

  Hartley, Jean ^a   Butler, Michael J R ^b   Benington, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Change; Comparative analysis; Institutional theory; Local government; Modernization; Organizational

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937388598     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616670210151612     Document Type: Article

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