Central state steering of local collaboration: Assessing the impact of tools of meta-governance in homelessness services in England

Public Organization Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-136

  Moseley, Alice ^a   James, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Coordination; Homelessness; Meta governance; Networks; Public services

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749087417     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: 15737098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-008-0055-6     Document Type: Article

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