A government department in Meltdown: Crisis at the Home Office

Public Money and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 275-282

  Painter, Chris ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 51649094000     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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