Toward an anthropology of public policy

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 600, Issue , 2005, Pages 30-51

  Wedel, Janine R ^a   Shore, Cris ^b   Feldman, Gregory ^c   Lathrop, Stacy ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Anthropology of public policy; Ethics codes; Ethnographic methods; Globalization; Social network analysis; Studying through

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144480995     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716205276734     Document Type: Review

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