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Oil Crises and Policy Continuity: A History of Failure to Change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2012

Ian Ostrander  and
William R. Lowry
Ian Ostrander
Affiliation:
Washington University
William R. Lowry
Affiliation:
Washington University
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Journal of Policy History , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , July 2012 , pp. 384 - 404
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Copyright © Donald Critchlow and Cambridge University Press 2012

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