Policing the police service: A case study of the rise of “new public management” within an Australian police service

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-84

  Hoque, Zahirul ^a   Arends, Sharee ^b   Alexander, Rebecca ^c  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ENERGEX   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Police; Public sector accounting; Rationalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444508131     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570410525210     Document Type: Review

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