Big windows and little windows: Implementation in the 'congested state'

Public Administration

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 263-281

  Exworthy, Mark ^a   Powell, Martin ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2642575058     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-3298.2004.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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