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Original Articles

Electoral discourse and formative structural narratives of welfare divergence in multi-level systems: homelessness policy in UK elections 1970–2011

Pages 28-47 | Received 22 Dec 2012, Accepted 03 May 2013, Published online: 24 Jun 2013

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