Privatized utilities and the ‘Third way’

Public Money and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 27-34

  Jones, Alan ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034416906     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00220     Document Type: Article

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