Partnership meets politics: Managing within the maze

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-277

  Friend, John ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Partnership; Politics; Public administration; Responsibility accounting

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; DECISION MAKING; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POLITICS; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33645777204     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550610658222     Document Type: Article

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