When do ideas matter? Explaining the successes and failures of thatcherite ideas

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 483-516

  Walsh, James I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1177/0010414000033004003     Document Type: Article

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