Spinderella on safari: British policies toward Africa under new labour

Global Governance

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 449-460

  Taylor, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; New labour; Tony Blair; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873455388     PISSN: 10752846     EISSN: 19426720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/19426720-01804005     Document Type: Note

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59. Ibid., p. 8.
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