Contracting for public services: A review of antipodean experience

Public Administration

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-147

  Domberger, Simon ^a   Hall, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0010139502     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.1996.tb00861.x     Document Type: Review

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