Arenas without rules and the policy change process: Outsider groups and British roads policy

Political Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 727-747

  Dudley, Geoffrey ^a,b   Richardson, Jeremy ^a,b  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001660761     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.00164     Document Type: Article

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