Markets and the Welfare State: Public Sector Reform in Britain
- ISBN-10
- 0863399770
- ISBN-13
- 9780863399770
- Category
- Deregulation
- Pages
- 164
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Authors
- Gary Taylor, Malcolm J. Todd, Patricia Ware
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