Crisis exploitation: Political and policy impacts of framing contests

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-106

  Boin, Arjen ^a,e   'T Hart, Paul ^b,c   McConnell, Allan ^d  

^a LSUHSC School of Public Health   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis exploitation; Crisis management; Framing contests; Policy reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349122250     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760802453221     Document Type: Article

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