The policy and politics of policy appraisal: Emerging trends and new directions

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 640-653

  Turnpenny, John ^a   Radaelli, Claudio M ^b   Jordan, Andrew ^a   Jacob, Klaus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evidence based policy making; Policy appraisal; Public administration; Public policy analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449631392     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760902872783     Document Type: Article

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