Privatizing responsibility: Public sector reform under neoliberal government

Canadian Review of Sociology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-234

  Ilcan, Suzan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

CANADA; CULTURE; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; POLITICS; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 73949123781     PISSN: 17556171     EISSN: 1755618X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618X.2009.01212.x     Document Type: Article

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