Governance, networks and policy change: The case of Cannabis in the United Kingdom

The New Public Governance?: Emerging Perspectives on the Theory and Practice of Public Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 394-412

  Acevedo, Beatriz ^a   Common, Richard ^b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84917430700     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203861684     Document Type: Chapter

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