Doing the right thing: An evaluation of new models of local government service provision in regional New South Wales

Rural Society

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-80

  Dollery, Brian ^a   Marshall, Neil ^a   Sorensen, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Governance models; Local government; New South Wales

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449112472     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.351.17.1.66     Document Type: Article

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