Selling British Rail: An idea whose time has come?

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 400-422

  Zahariadis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0030515385     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414096029004002     Document Type: Article

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