Anti-corruption agencies: Between empowerment and irrelevance

Crime, Law and Social Change

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-22

  de Sousa, Luís ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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EID: 75549085728     PISSN: 09254994     EISSN: 15730751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10611-009-9211-3     Document Type: Article

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