Pragmatist and neo-classical policy paradigms in public services: Which is the better template for program design?

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-255

  Marsh, Ian ^a   Spies Butcher, Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human services; Innovation; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449096657     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2009.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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