Learning and change in 20th-century British economic policy

Governance

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 415-441

  Oliver, Michael J ^a   Pemberton, Hugh ^b  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3042856915     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0952-1895.2004.00252.x     Document Type: Review

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