Weather-vane federalism: Reconsidering federal social policy leadership

Canadian Public Administration

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 196-219

  Kershaw, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 33746093475     PISSN: 00084840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-7121.2006.tb01979.x     Document Type: Article

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