Competing Drivers in Hybridity: Third Sector Housing Organizations in Northern Ireland

David Mullins, Nick Acheson

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    Original languageEnglish
    JournalVoluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
    Volume25
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    Publication statusPublished (in print/issue) - 2013

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