Explaining contextual influences on the dynamics of public management reforms: Reflections on some ways forward

Context in Public Policy and Management: The Missing Link?

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 192-207

  Ongaro, Edoardo ^a,b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b European Group for Public Administration (EGPA)   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992583629     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781955147.00022     Document Type: Chapter

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