A place at the table: Policy analysis, its postpositive critics, and the future of practice

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 411-425

  Lynn Jr , Laurence E ^a  

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EID: 0033419209     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6688(199922)18:3<411::AID-PAM5>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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