Path dependence, realism and the NHS

British Politics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 319-343

  Greener, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

NHS; Path dependence; Realism

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249134842     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.bp.4200021     Document Type: Article

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