Abusive partnerships: New forms of governance, new forms of abuse?

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 207-219

  Rowe, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community relations; Local government; Partnerships; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049100419     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443330610674251     Document Type: Article

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