The Emerging Gap between Evaluation Research and Practice

Evaluation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 340-352

  Khakee, Abdul ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

planning; policy analysis; positivism; post positivism; welfare economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144508090     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13563890030093007     Document Type: Article

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