"Uncodified workings and unworkable codes": Canadian federalism and public policy

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-462

  Erk, Jan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Canadian federalism; Comparative federalism; Constitutional politics; Public policy; Qu bec and Canada

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645688401     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414005276665     Document Type: Article

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