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100			_aMeydani, Assaf
245			_aPolitical entrepreneurs and public administration reform: the case of the local authorities' unification reform in Israel
260			_c2010
300			_ap.200-06.
362			_aMar
520			_aThis article examines a specific institutional change in Israel. In 2003 the Israeli Knesset implemented the local authority unification plan, an unprecedented reform in the structure of local authorities in Israel. This article is about a local government reorganization taking place in a unique political culture. This article tries to integrate the role of political entrepreneurs within an Institutionalist and "learning" perspectives to offer an explanation to a local government structure, thus politicians influence and are influenced by a wide range of institutional norms and practices in a complex process of design and determination of institutional change. - Reproduced.
650			_aPublic administration
650			_aAdministrative reform
773			_aInternational Journal of Public Administration
908			_aN
909			_a86649
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