Facts and myths about research on public policy implementation: Out-of-fashion, allegedly dead, but still very much alive and relevant

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 559-582

  Saetren, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bibliometric survey; Development; Disciplinary structure; Origin; Public policy implementation; Relevance; Research agenda; Size

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; POLICY ANALYSIS;

EID: 28244496129     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2005.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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