Workplace partnership and public service provision: The case of the 'best value' performance regime in British local government

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 639-649

  Roper, Ian ^a   James, Philip ^a   Higgins, Paul ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645532644     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017005055677     Document Type: Review

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