Can local education authorities make a difference?: The perceptions of users and providers

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-44

  Riley, Kathryn ^a   Docking, Jim ^a   Rowles, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0003085669     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263211X990271003     Document Type: Article

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