Public administration and public management research in Europe: Traditions and trends

The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 11-39

  Ongaro, Edoardo ^a,b   Van Thiel, Sandra ^c,d   Massey, Andrew ^e   Pierre, Jon ^f,g,h   Wollmann, Hellmut ⁱ  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁱ HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 85042289423     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-55269-3_2     Document Type: Chapter

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