The institutionalisation of public-private partnerships in the UK and the nation-state of California

International Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 190-213

  Demirag, Istemi ^a   Khadaroo, Iqbal ^a   Clark, Woodrow ^b,c,d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Clark Strategic Partners   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic markets; Deregulation; Governance; Institutional theory; Nation state; New Public Management; NPM; PPPs; Privatisation; Public Private Partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849175862     PISSN: 17400600     EISSN: 17400619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2009.023488     Document Type: Article

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