Managerial perceptions and the production of fire protection

Administration and Society

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 717-746

  Donahue, Amy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire protection; Local government; Public management; Q methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348233840     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399703256777     Document Type: Article

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