Targets and terror: Government by performance indicators

Local Government Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 271-281

  Coulson, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

EID: 70449412382     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930902743185     Document Type: Article

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