Analysing policy processes as multiple governance: Accountability in social policy

Policy and Politics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 557-573

  Hill, Michael ^a,b   Hupe, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accountability; Governance; Implementation; Policy stages

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 33746189404     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557306777695280     Document Type: Article

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