Control, Bargains, and Cheating: The Politics of Public-Service Reform

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 309-332

  Hood, Christopher ^a  

^a ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0347486748     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a003536     Document Type: Article

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