The art of prescription: Theory and practice in public administration research

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 128-152

  Evans, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Logical framework; Practice; Prescription; Public action; Public administration; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248549491     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952076707071508     Document Type: Article

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