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Book Title: Vouchers And The Provision Of Public Services
Number of Pages: 550 Pages
Publication Name: Vouchers and the Provision of Public Services
Language: English
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Subject: Public Policy / General, Educational Policy & Reform / Federal Legislation, Public Affairs & Administration, Finance, Public Policy / Social Policy, Aims & Objectives
Publication Year: 2000
Item Height: 1 in
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Political Science, Education
Author: Van Doorn Ooms
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
