Accountability in modern government

Handbook of Public Administration: Concise Paperback Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 339-350

  Gregory, Robert ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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DOI: 10.4135/9780857020970.n28     Document Type: Chapter

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