Intractable policy failure: The case of bovine TB and badgers

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 557-573

  Grant, Wyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Government failure; Politicisation; Stakeholder management; Symbolism

Indexed keywords

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; SYMBOLISM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BOS; BOVINAE; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 77249094519     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2009.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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