Rejuvenating democracy? Young people and the big society project

Parliamentary Affairs

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-114

  Sloam, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84555177900     PISSN: 00312290     EISSN: 14602482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsr051     Document Type: Article

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