Not so new labour: A sociological critique of new labour’s policy and practice

Not so New Labour: A Sociological Critique of New Labour's Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-170

  Prideaux, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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