Blairite modernisation and countryside policy

Political Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 412-421

  Ward, Neil ^a   Lowe, Philip ^a  

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EID: 34547989905     PISSN: 00323179     EISSN: 1467923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-923X.2007.00869.x     Document Type: Review

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2. An earlier version of this article was published as a Centre for Rural Economy Discussion Paper (No. 13) entitled Blairism and the Countryside: The Legacy of Modernisation in Rural Policy (http://www.ncl.a-c.uk/cre/). The article draws on research examining rural and agricultural policy in the UK funded under three awards from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC Awards No. R000223758, RES-224-34-2001 and RES-143-25-0026) and the ESRC's support is gratefully acknowledged.
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