Constitutional anomie: Patterns of democracy and 'the governance of britain'

Government and Opposition

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 385-411

  Flinders, Matthew ^a  

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EID: 69949119127     PISSN: 0017257X     EISSN: 14777053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-7053.2009.01294.x     Document Type: Article

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