Accounting and democratic accountability in Northern Ireland

Accounting in Politics: Devolution and Democratic Accountability

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 55-73

  Hyndman, Noel ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84909088026     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203926635     Document Type: Chapter

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