At ideological loggerheads? Identifying and clarifying the discursive differences between Blair and Brown on education

British Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 367-384

  Kenny, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blair; Brown; discourse; ideology; New Labour

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956464220     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/bp.2010.11     Document Type: Review

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