The art of the state : culture, rhetoric, and public management /

Bringing a new conceptual framework and valuable historical perspective to various approaches to public management, this study uses cultural theory to show why ideas about how to manage government are inherently plural and contradictory.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Hood, Christopher, 1947-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2000.
Subjects:	Public administration. Administration publique (Science) Public administration Verwaltung Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book