Partnership and participation: Contradictions and tensions in the social policy space

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 459-477

  Keevers, Lynne ^a   Treleaven, Lesley ^a   Sykes, Chris ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Community organisations; Managerialism; Neo liberalism; Network governance; New paternalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950699426     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2008.tb00113.x     Document Type: Article

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