Institutional shifts in inter-municipal service delivery

Public Organization Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-285

  Hulst, Rudie ^a   van Montfort, André ^a   Haveri, Arto ^b   Airaksinen, Jenni ^b   Kelly, Josephine ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative research; Inter municipal cooperation; Intergovernmental relations; Local government; Public service delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 68449088770     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: 15737098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-009-0085-8     Document Type: Article

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