Learning Lessons from Disasters: Alternatives to Royal Commissions and Other Quasi-Judicial Inquiries

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 495-508

  Eburn, Michael ^a   Dovers, Stephen ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disasters; Inquiries; Royal commission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955173239     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8500.12115     Document Type: Article

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