The Institutional Framing of Policy Debates: Economics Versus the Environment

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1368-1392

  Hoffman, Andrew J ^a   Ventresca, Marc J ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033244299     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00027649921954903     Document Type: Article

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