Why do public-sector clients coproduce? Toward a contingency theory

Administration and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 32-56

  Alford, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0036108217     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399702034001004     Document Type: Review

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