Management consultants, the state, and the politics of administrative reform in Britain and Canada

Administration and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 533-568

  Saint Martin, Denis ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1177/0095399798305003     Document Type: Article

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