You win some, you lose some: Experiments with joined-up government

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 244-254

  O'Flynn, Janine ^a   Buick, Fiona ^b   Blackman, Deborah ^b   Halligan, John ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inhibitors and facilitators; Joined up government; Service delivery; Whole of government

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952413689     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2010.540703     Document Type: Article

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