Interpretive approaches to British government and politics

British Politics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 84-112

  Bevir, Mark ^a   Rhodes, R A W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decentre; Ethnography; Governance; Interpretation; Narratives; Policy making

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149127730     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.bp.4200001     Document Type: Article

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