New Public Management: The Story Continues

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 385-408

  Hyndman, Noel ^a,b   Lapsley, Irvine ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coalition government; financial crisis; modernisation; New Labour; NPM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989815914     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faam.12100     Document Type: Article

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