Looking for Sustainability in Not-for-Profit Program Delivery: An Experiment in Providing Post-Bushfire Recovery Programs

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 412-422

  Jones, Kate ^a   Webber, Ruth ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushfire recovery programs; New public management; Not for profit service providers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871690067     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2012.00788.x     Document Type: Article

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