Social capital and sport policies in Australia: Policy transfer in action

Public Management Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 441-460

  Hoye, Russell ^a   Nicholson, Matthew ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Policy transfer; Social capital; Sport policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249088389     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030902989524     Document Type: Article

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