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

Social identities and deadlocked debates on nuclear energy policy

Pages 1911-1935 | Received 02 Sep 2022, Accepted 13 May 2023, Published online: 25 May 2023

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