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100			_aPirotta, Godfrey
245			_aPolitics and public service reform in small states: Malta
260			_c1997
300			_ap.197-207
362			_aFeb
520			_aAdministrative reform is inseparable from political reform, just as administration and politics share overlapping boundaries. This article reviews the goals for reform established in 1989 for the Maltese public service, against the political culture and administrative history of Malta. It argues that a small state's size encourages certain dysfunctional characteristics of the political culture, and aggravates the difficulties inherent in administrative reform. - Reproduced
650			_aAdministrative reform - Malta
650			_aAdministrative reform
773			_aPublic Administration and Development
909			_a33804
999			_c33804 _d33804