Institutionalising future geographies of financial inclusion: National legitimacy versus local autonomy in the british credit union movement

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Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-110

  Fuller, Duncan ^a   Jonas, Andrew E G ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; FINANCIAL PROVISION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1542304104     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8330.00227     Document Type: Review

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