Probing System Limits: Decentralisation and Local Political Accountability in Vietnam

Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-23

  Fritzen, Scott A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 85044886032     PISSN: 23276665     EISSN: 23276673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23276665.2006.10779312     Document Type: Article

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