Balancing Accountability and Risk in Program Implementation: The Case of National Fire Policy

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 493-523

  Wise, Charles R ^a   Freitag, Christian M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346387217     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a003545     Document Type: Article

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