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West European Politics Volume 47, 2024 - Issue 3: Differentiated Policy Implementation in the European Union. Guest Editors: Asya Zhelyazkova, Eva Thomann, Eva Ruffing and Sebastiaan Princen
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New avenues in implementation research: departmental and partisan struggles in tobacco control

Jan PollexUniversity of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, GermanyView further author information
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Eva RuffingUniversity of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 569-594 | Published online: 14 Apr 2023

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