China's limited push model of FOI legislation

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 346-351

  Xiao, Weibing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW   (China)

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EID: 77956171901     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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