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Theme: Public Management by Numbers

Public Service Management by Numbers: Why Does it Vary? Where Has it Come From? What Are the Gaps and the Puzzles?

Christopher Hood Gladstone Professor of Government, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford; Director of the Public Services Programme, ESRC's
Pages 95-102 | Published online: 15 Mar 2010

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