Theoretical approaches to explaining and understanding privatisation

Privatisation against the European Social Model: A Critique of European Policies and Proposals for Alternatives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 61-76

  Sawyer, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84960298753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230250680     Document Type: Chapter

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