Accountability in the UK devolved parliament and assemblies

Accounting in Politics: Devolution and Democratic Accountability

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 38-54

  Scarparo, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79951579598     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203926635     Document Type: Chapter

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