RDAs and Benchmarking: Learning from Good Practice when the Model has Broken

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 4-22

  Danson, Michael ^a   Helinska Hughes, Ewa ^a   Hughes, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993782413     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095207670502000303     Document Type: Article

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