Governance and the management of networks in the public sector: Drugs policy in the United Kingdom and the case of cannabis reclassification

Public Management Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-414

  Acevedo, Beatriz ^a   Common, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British drug policy; Cannabis; Governance; Policy networks; Public management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749020845     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030600853188     Document Type: Article

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