"We are learning to accommodate mess": Four propositions about management change in local governance

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 80-94

  Lowndes, Vivien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001862006     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095207679701200207     Document Type: Article

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