The big society: Power to the people?

Political Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 484-491

  Kisby, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big society; Citizenship; Social capital; Social justice; The Conservative Liberal Democrat coalition; The state

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149386286     PISSN: 00323179     EISSN: 1467923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-923X.2010.02133.x     Document Type: Article

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