Voluntary sector governance – problems in practice and theory in the United Kingdom and North America

International Perspectives on Voluntary Action: Reshaping the Third Sector

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 97-115

  Harris, Margaret ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925796565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315067032     Document Type: Chapter

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