Accounting for ministers: Scandal and survival in British government 1945–2007

Accounting for Ministers: Scandal and Survival in British Government 1945-2007

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-197

  Berlinski, Samuel ^a   Dewan, Torun ^b   Dowding, Keith ^c  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511980046     Document Type: Book

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