Collaboration and professionalization: The contours of public sector funding for nonprofit organizations

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 307-326

  Suárez, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79953704506     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: 14779803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpart/muq049     Document Type: Article

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