Legal Ambiguity and the Politics of Compliance: Affirmative Action Officers' Dilemma
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عنوان ژورنال: Law & Policy
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0265-8240,1467-9930
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.1991.tb00058.x