Control and legitimation in government accountability processes: The private finance initiative in the UK

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 23-48

  Broadent, Jane ^a   Laughlin, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037243583     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cpac.2001.0525     Document Type: Review

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