The politics of bounded procurement: Purists, brokers and the politics-procurement dichotomy

Journal of Public Procurement

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-61

  Roman, Alexandru V ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84898715813     PISSN: 15350118     EISSN: 21506930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/jopp-14-01-2014-b002     Document Type: Article

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