The problem of power: Seeking a methodological solution

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 278-310

  Parsons, Michael D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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METHODOLOGY; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLITICAL POWER;

EID: 0033405621     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1999.tb00886.x     Document Type: Article

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