Interlocal agreements as collaborations

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 536-552

  Chen, Yu Che ^a   Thurmaier, Kurt ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Impetus; Interlocal agreements; Norm; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349199887     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074008324566     Document Type: Article

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