A scientific approach to politics? On the trail of the Audit Commission

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-62

  Humphrey, Jill C ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036197598     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cpac.2000.0490     Document Type: Article

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