Emerging issues and future directions in state policy diffusion research

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-80

  Karch, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 34047124682     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153244000700700104     Document Type: Review

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