New Labour, Network Rail and the third way

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 709-735

  Jupe, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Political philosophy; Privatization; Public policy; Railways; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349105027     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570910966342     Document Type: Article

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