Contingent professionalism: Bureaucratic mobility and the adoption of water conservation rates

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 437-459

  Teodoro, Manuel P ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

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EID: 77950527953     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: 14779803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jopart/mup012     Document Type: Article

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