From reluctant to compelled reformers? Reflections on three decades of public management reform in France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain

Critical Perspectives on International Public Sector Management

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-127

  Ongaro, Edoardo ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EV governance; Fiscal crisis; New public management; Public management reform; Reform; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969262416     PISSN: 20457944     EISSN: 20457952     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S2045-7944(2012)0000001008     Document Type: Chapter

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