Evaluation of change in local governance: The rhetorical wall and the politics of images

Evaluation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Haveri, Arto ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Complexity; Evaluation of change; Local governance; New institutionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149097120     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389007087536     Document Type: Conference Paper

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