Social service agencies and program change: Implications for theory and policy

Public Performance and Management Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 378-396

  Auer, Jenifer ^a   Twombly, Eric ^b   De Vita, Carol ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KDH Research and Communication   (United States)

^c URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

nonprofit organizations; social services; social welfare policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864932991     PISSN: 15309576     EISSN: 15579271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PMR1530-9576340303     Document Type: Article

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