State-Owned Enterprise Policy and the Loss of Economic Sovereignty: The Case of Ireland

Public Organization Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-130

  Palcic, Dónal ^a   Reeves, Eoin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Economic sovereignty; Ireland; Nationalization; Privatization; State owned enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878190969     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: 15737098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-013-0232-0     Document Type: Article

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