Participatory evaluation: a missing component in the sustainable social change equation for public services

Strategic Change

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-35

  Keast, Robyn ^a   Waterhouse, Jennifer ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 69849105380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10991697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsc.744     Document Type: Article

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