Prime ministerial rhetoric and recession politics: Meaning making in economic crisis management

Public Administration

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 759-780

  Masters, Adam ^a   'Thart, Paul ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; MORTGAGE LENDING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866047853     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01966.x     Document Type: Article

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