"You talking to me?" Accountability and the modern public service

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-21

  Ingraham, Patricia Wallace ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 14844311320     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s104909650505568x     Document Type: Article

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