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More than Patrons: How Foundations Fuel Policy Change and Backlash

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2016

Sarah Reckhow
Sarah Reckhow*
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Michigan State University
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , July 2016 , pp. 449 - 454
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