Contentious implementation and retrenchment in neoliberal policy reform: The global electric power industry, 1989-2001

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 379-412

  Zelner, Bennet A ^a   Henisz, Witold J ^b   Holburn, Guy L R ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 70349775719     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2189/asqu.2009.54.3.379     Document Type: Article

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