Independently verified reductionism: Prison privatization in Scotland

Human Relations

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 497-522

  Cooper, Christine ^a   Taylor, Phil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting; PFI; Prison reform; Privatization; Scotland

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544431701     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726705055036     Document Type: Review

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