Performance Auditing and Adjudicating Political Disputes

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 92-111

  Funnell, Warwick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Independence; Performance auditing; Political legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953730049     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faam.12046     Document Type: Article

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