Social investment perspectives and practices: A decade in British politics

Social Policy Review 17: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 203-230

  Dobrowolsky, Alexandra ^a   Jenson, Jane ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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