Ambiguity in policy lessons: The agencification experience

Public Administration

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1029-1050

  Moynihan, Donald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 33750734350     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2006.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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