The government service delivery project: A case study of the push and pull of central government coordination

Public Management Review

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 439-459

  Keast, Robyn ^a   Brown, Kerry ^b  

^a Queensland University of Technology ^*

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Government; Networks; Public management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015047157     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616670210163015     Document Type: Article

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