Numbers, nuances and moving targets: Converging the use of corruption indicators or descriptors in assessing state development

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-252

  Doig, Alan ^a   McIvor, Stephanie ^a   Theobald, Robin ^b  

^a University of Teesside   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; STATE LED DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33745275844     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852306064612     Document Type: Review

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