The theory-practice issue in policy implementation research

Public Administration

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 309-329

  O'Toole Jr , Laurence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANNING PRACTICE; PLANNING THEORY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

EID: 2642525302     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-3298.2004.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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