Gender, politics and policy change: The case of welfare reform under new labour

Government and Opposition

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-72

  Annesley, Claire ^a  

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EID: 74049125947     PISSN: 0017257X     EISSN: 14777053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-7053.2009.01304.x     Document Type: Article

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