A Great and Revolutionary Law? The First Four Years of India's Right to Information Act

Public Administration Review

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 925-933

  Roberts, Alasdair ^a  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77958526906     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2010.02224.x     Document Type: Article

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