‘Throwing the baby out with the bath-water’: Managers and managerialism in the post-privatised utilities

Capital & Class

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 53-87

  Mulholland, Kate ^a  

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EID: 84993804923     PISSN: 03098168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030981680207700103     Document Type: Article

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