Improving partnership governance: Using a network approach to evaluate partnerships in Victoria: RESEARCH and EVALUATION

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 443-456

  Pope, Jeanette ^a   Lewis, Jenny M ^b  

^a Department of Planning and Community ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community development; Network analysis; Partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349086247     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2008.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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