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Special Issue: The politics of policy analysis: theoretical insights on real world problems. Guest Editor: Paul Cairney

Occupy the semantic space! Opening up the language of better regulation

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Pages 1860-1883 | Received 28 Aug 2022, Accepted 14 Feb 2023, Published online: 01 Mar 2023

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