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Local Government Studies Volume 33, 2007 - Issue 4: Local Government Reform: Privatisation and Public – Private Collaboration
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Local government reform: Privatisation and its alternatives

Germà Bel Universitat de Barcelona, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
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Robert Hebdon McGill University, Canada
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Mildred Warner Cornell University, USA
Pages 507-515 | Published online: 17 Jul 2007

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