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Item Length: 8.3in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5.8in
Author: Daniel Beland
Publication Name: What Is Social Policy?
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication Year: 2010
Series: Political Sociology Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 11.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
