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It is possible, though difficult, to make true statements about an individual quango; the difficulty lies in unearthing the information. I have sadly come to the conclusion that it is not possible to make true statements about them all; the impossibility lies in their bewildering variety. Addressing this theme is therefore a perilous undertaking because any general statement is open to apparent refutation by contrary example.
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Wilding, R. (1982). A triangular affair: quangos, ministers, and MPs. In: Barker, A. (eds) Quangos in Britain. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05613-2_2
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