Conclusion: The consumer in public services

The Consumer in Public Services: Choice, Values and Difference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 255-280

  Simmons, Richard ^a   Powell, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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