Why globalisation doesn’t spell convergence: Models of institutional variation and the comparative political economy of punishment

International and Comparative Criminal Justice and Urban Governance: Convergence and Divergence in Global, National and Local Settings

Volumn 9780521116442, Issue , 2011, Pages 214-250

  Lacey, Nicola ^a  

^a ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2126555     Document Type: Chapter

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