Evaluation and the voluntary (nonprofit) sector: Emerging issues

International Perspectives on Voluntary Action: Reshaping the Third Sector

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 202-221

  Kendall, Jeremy ^a   Knapp, Martin ^a  

^a Personal Social Services Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925727223     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315067032     Document Type: Chapter

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