The role of leadership and strategy in navigating political incorporation: Defining a niche for human relations in Orange County, California, 1971-2000

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 569-597

  Downey, Dennis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 33749994068     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2006.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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