The role of policy transfer in assessing the impact of American ideas on British social policy

Global Social Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-195

  Hulme, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epistemic communities; Evidence based practice; Learning; New Labour; Policy transfer

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; IDEOLOGY; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY REFORM; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746257005     PISSN: 14680181     EISSN: 17412803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468018106065365     Document Type: Article

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