Why are local authorities reluctant to externalise (and do they have good reason)?

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-206

  Entwistle, Tom ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; OUTSOURCING; PUBLIC SERVICE;

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

EID: 19644368262     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0419     Document Type: Article

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