Improving Local Government Performance: One Step Forward not Two Steps Back

Public Money and Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-55

  Jones, Steven ^a,b  

^a Preston City Council   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1142278622     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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