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Academic References Academic References Aberbach, J. D. and Tom Christensen (2005). ‘Citizens and Consumers.’ Public Management Review, 7(2): 226–245. Aberbach, J. D. and B. A. Rockman (2002). ‘Conducting and Coding Elite Interviews.’ PS: Political Science and Politics, 35(4): 673–676. Ackerman, J. (2004). ‘Co-governance for Accountability: Beyond “Exit” and “Voice”.’ World Development, 32(3): 447–463. Ackerman, B. A. and J. S. Fishkin (2004). Deliberation Day. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Adams, D. and M. Hess (2001). ‘Community in Public Policy: Fad or Founda- tion?.’ Australian Journal of Public Administration, 60(2): 13–23. Allington, N., Philip Morgan and Nicholas O’Shaughnessy (1999). ‘How Marketing Changed the World. The Political Marketing of an Idea: A Case Study of Privatization,’ Chapter 34, in Bruce Newman (ed.), Handbook of Political Marketing, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, pp. 627–642. Arnstein, S. R. 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