'What to do about political context?' Evidence synthesis, the New Deal for Communities and the possibilities for evidence-based policy

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-269

  Wright, John S F ^a   Parry, Jayne ^b   Mathers, Jonathan ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based policy; Programme evaluation; Research synthesis; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250369309     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426407781172270     Document Type: Article

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