Labour and epistemic communities: The case of 'managed migration' in the UK

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 613-633

  Balch, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epistemic communities; Immigration policy; Labour party; Managed migration

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRATION POLICY; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR POLICY; LABOR RELATIONS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77349114727     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2009.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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