The "government should run like a business" mantra

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-204

  Beckett, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

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EID: 0000226757     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02750740022064623     Document Type: Article

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