The deceptive illusion of multi-paradigm development practice

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 479-486

  Cooke, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE; DEVELOPMENT STUDIES; PARADIGMATIC ANALYSIS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0031448364     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-162x(199712)17:5<479::aid-pad985>3.0.co;2-l     Document Type: Article

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