Plans, performance information and accountability: The case of best value

Public Administration

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 691-710

  Boyne, George ^a   Gould Williams, Julian ^a   Law, Jennifer ^a   Walker, Richard ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANNING PROCESS;

EID: 0036918410     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9299.00324     Document Type: Article

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