Making short politics placements work: The profession

Politics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-70

  Curtis, Steven ^a   Axford, Barrie ^b   Blair, Alasdair ^c   Gibson, Caroline ^d   Huggins, Richard ^b   Sherrington, Philippa ^d  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITICS; RESEARCH;

EID: 58149507001     PISSN: 02633957     EISSN: 14679256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9256.2008.01339.x     Document Type: Article

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