Constitutional blemishes: American alcohol prohibition and repeal as policy punctuation

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 437-463

  Schrad, Mark Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol control; Prohibition; Punctuated equilibrium theory

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM; DATA SET; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; POLICY MAKING; POLICY STRATEGY; PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM; SOCIAL POLICY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 35648996378     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2007.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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