'What do we know? What should we do?' Melding research validity and rhetoric in the analysis of policy making

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-90

  Pearson, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Donald campbell; Policy making process; Research validity; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955144839     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426410X483015     Document Type: Article

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