Complexity theory and evaluation in public management

Public Management Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 401-419

  Haynes, Philip ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Complexity; Evaluation; Policy systems; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149106889     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030802002766     Document Type: Article

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