Changing models of China's policy agenda setting

Modern China

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-87

  Wang, Shaoguang ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Political change; Public policy; Regime type

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MODELING; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 37249002723     PISSN: 00977004     EISSN: 15526836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0097700407308169     Document Type: Article

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