Pragmatic federalism: Australian federalism from Hawke to Howard

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 280-297

  Hollander, Robyn ^a   Patapan, Haig ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Federalism; Judicial politics; Political parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548224081     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2007.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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