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Complexity in local government change

Limits to rational reforming

Arto Haveri Local Government Studies, University of Tampere, PO Box 607, 33101, Tampere, Finland Phone: +358 3 215 7615 Fax: +358 3 215 7615 E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 31-46 | Published online: 18 Feb 2007

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