‘Soft governance’ and the knowledge–power bonds in professionalism: case studies from the health care sector in Germany

Restructuring Welfare Governance: Marketization, Managerialism and Welfare State Professionalism

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 145-162

  Kuhlmann, Ellen ^a   Burau, Viola ^b,c,d  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 84961165425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781783475773.00015     Document Type: Chapter

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