Information-sharing and confidentiality in social policy: Regulating multi-agency working

Public Administration

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 737-759

  Bellamy, Christine ^a   Perri, ^a   Raab, Charles ^b   Warren, Adam ^c   Heeney, Catherine ^d  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY APPROACH; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 53149130992     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2008.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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