The G20 as an improvised crisis committee and/or a contested 'steering committee' for the world

International Affairs

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 741-757

  Cooper, Andrew F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 77954102840     PISSN: 00205850     EISSN: 14682346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2010.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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