Trends and issues in the implementation of local 'voluntary sector compacts' in England

Public Money and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-64

  Osborne, Stephen P ^a   McLaughlin, Kate ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036406871     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00297     Document Type: Article

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