Closed policy networks, broken chains of communication and the stories behind an 'entrepreneurial policy': The case of NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust (NHS LIFT)

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 139-151

  Aldred, Rachel ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care; Neo liberalism; Privatization

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY MAKING; PRIVATIZATION;

EID: 33846429679     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018307072211     Document Type: Article

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