Government and Market Pathologies of Privatization: The Case of Prison Privatization1

Politics and Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 318-341

  Morris, John C ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 51249150943     PISSN: 15555623     EISSN: 17471346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2007.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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