Partnerships and the role of financial advisors: Private control over public policy?

Policy and Politics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 479-495

  Shaoul, Jean ^a   Stafford, Anne ^a   Stapleton, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountancy firms; Financial advisors; Partnerships; Public policy implementation

Indexed keywords

POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 34547748476     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557307781571678     Document Type: Article

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