Competing Institutional Logics? Local Accountability and Scale and Efficiency in an Expanding Non-Profit Housing Sector

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 6-24

  Mullins, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993710039     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095207670602100302     Document Type: Article

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