Notes on the language of decentralisation

Teaching Public Administration

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-35

  Wettenhall, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

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EID: 2442538984     PISSN: 1447394     EISSN: 20478720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014473949601600102     Document Type: Article

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