Problem definitions and policy agendas: Shaping the educational agenda in Boston

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 371-386

  Portz, John ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL PROVISION; POLICY MAKING; POLICY PROCESS; PROBLEM DEFINITION; SOCIAL POLICY;

USA, MASSACHUSETTS, BOSTON;

EID: 0030406123     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1996.tb01635.x     Document Type: Article

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