Local government services in the United Kingdom and Germany

Comparing Public Sector Reform in Britain and Germany: Key Traditions and Trends of Modernisation

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 171-197

  Schröter, Eckhard ^a   Röber, Manfred ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 85084900704     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315196299-9     Document Type: Chapter

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