Charter 88, new labour and constitutional anomie

Parliamentary Affairs

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 645-662

  Flinders, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70349778843     PISSN: 00312290     EISSN: 14602482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsp023     Document Type: Article

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