Leading change in local government: The tension between evolutionary and frame-breaking reform in NSW

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 38-53

  Jones, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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EID: 0036025951     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8500.00283     Document Type: Article

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