The perilous road from evidence to policy: Five journeys compared

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-194

  Boaz, Annette ^a   Pawson, Ray ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 17344370007     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279404008530     Document Type: Review

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