From competition to collaboration in public service delivery: A new agenda for research

Public Administration

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 233-242

  Entwistle, Tom ^a   Martin, Steve ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC SERVICE; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL POLICY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17044375016     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-3298.2005.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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