Inter-institutional decision-making: The case of the Common Agricultural Policy

Policy and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 331-341

  Greer, Alan ^a   Hind, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b National Farmers' Union   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84869225990     PISSN: 14494035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polsoc.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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