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Eduard Schmidt Researches Role of Top Officials in Austerity Measures
Dr. Eduard Schmidt interviewed a hundred government managers from different ministries who had to perform cuts in own budget to various extents, under the Balkenende, Rutte I and II cabinets. Dr. Schmidt had one central research question: how do public managers in the Dutch government handle austerity measures directed on own organization?
Read the complete article on Binnenlands Bestuur (Dutch only).