Two track public services? Citizens' voice behaviour towards liberalized services in the EU15

Public Management Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 465-476

  Jilke, Sebastian ^a   van de Walle, Steven ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eurobarometer; liberalization; services of general interest; voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882704353     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2012.664015     Document Type: Article

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