Performing for the 'customer': Managing housing benefit operations across organisational boundaries

Local Government Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-74

  Marchington, Mick ^a   Cooke, Fang Lee ^a   Hebson, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING POLICY; HOUSING PROVISION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP;

ENGLAND (LONDON); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037363103     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714004173     Document Type: Article

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