‘Shock of the New’: Complexity and Emerging Rationales for Partnership Working

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 23-41

  Coaffee, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993661447     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095207670502000304     Document Type: Article

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