Public Policy and the Public Interest

Public Policy and the Public Interest

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-263

  Ho, Lok Sang ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203805831     Document Type: Book

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