Government and administration: Too much checking, not enough doing?

Parliamentary Affairs

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Gray, Andrew ^a,b   Jenkins, Bill ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PNM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 4043067954     PISSN: 00312290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsh024     Document Type: Review

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