Boardization and corporate governance in the UK as a response to depoliticization and failing accountability

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 443-460

  Wilks, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Boardization; Civil service; Governance; Parliament

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748827353     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952076707081589     Document Type: Article

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