Ties that bind: Comparing modes of governance in employment policy in Canada and the European Union

The EU and Federalism: Polities and Policies Compared

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 133-153

  Wood, Donna E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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