Public service under challenge in the age of privatization

Governance

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 186-216

  Haque, M Shamsul ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0491.1996.tb00238.x     Document Type: Article

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