Evidence-based policy: A realist perspective

Making Realism Work: Realist Social Theory and Empirical Research

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 26-49

  Pawson, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33746752406     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203624289     Document Type: Chapter

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