Contractual uncertainty, power and public contracting

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-240

  Lonsdale, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23944457658     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X05000334     Document Type: Article

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