Public Management Reform: An Identity Project

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-115

  Meyer, Renate ^a   Hammerschmid, Gerhard ^a  

^a Institute for Public Management   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993740359     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095207670602100107     Document Type: Article

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