Beyond the technocrat? The professional expert in development practice

Development and Change

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 501-523

  Wilson, Gordon ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33745216220     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0012-155X.2006.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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