Introduction to the political economy of the sub-prime crisis in Britain: Constructing and contesting competence

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 377-381

  Brassett, James ^a   Rethel, Lena ^b   Watson, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Normal finance'; British general election; Governing competence; Sub prime crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650593526     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2009.00376.x     Document Type: Editorial

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