Public Administration Scholarship and the Politics of Coproducing Academic-Practitioner Research

Public Administration Review

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 487-495

  Orr, Kevin ^a   Bennett, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b Public Intelligence ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84862636822     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02522.x     Document Type: Article

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