Local government: Best value and the control of local government: Challenges and contradictions

Public Money and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 9-16

  Ball, Amanda ^a   Broadbent, Jane ^a   Moore, Cynthia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0036011389     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00302     Document Type: Article

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