Policy tools and institutional change: Comparing education policies in Norway, Sweden and England

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-165

  Helgøi, Ingrid ^a   Homme, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION REFORM; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; POLICY REFORM; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750464850     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: 14697815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X0600050X     Document Type: Article

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