Shifting the balance? Parliament, the executive and the British constitution

Political Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-42

  Flinders, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036522803     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.00357     Document Type: Article

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