Putting the economy first: Or does postmodernization really matter?

Political Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 38-50

  Castles, Francis G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0034146063     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.00249     Document Type: Article

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