Policy transfer in critical perspective

Policy Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-268

  Evans, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Emulation; Globalization; Logical frameworks; Multi level analysis; Organizational learning; Policy learning; Policy science; Policy transfer; Public sector; Social learning; Structure and agency

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449585363     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870902863828     Document Type: Article

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