The politics of perception: Use and abuse of transparency international's approach to measuring corruption

Political Studies

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 746-767

  Andersson, Staffan ^a   Heywood, Paul M ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70449413980     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2008.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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