Policy as discourse: What does it mean? Where does it get us?

Discourse

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-57

  Bacchi, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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EID: 85068295807     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01596300050005493     Document Type: Note

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