The Reagan Presidency and the Governing of America
- ISBN-10
- 0877663475
- ISBN-13
- 9780877663478
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 500
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1984
- Publisher
- The Urban Insitute
- Authors
- Professor and Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies Lester M Salamon, Changing Domestic Priorities Project
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