Policy change and its measurement in comparative policy analysis: Conceptual problems and potential alternatives;Politikwandel und seine Messung in der vergleichenden Staatstä tigkeitsforschung: Konzeptionelle Probleme und mögliche Alternativen

Politische Vierteljahresschrift

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-432

  Knill, Christoph ^a   Schulze, Kai ^a   Tosun, Jale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Policy change; Regulatory density; Regulatory intensity; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957874494     PISSN: 00323470     EISSN: 18622860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11615-010-0022-z     Document Type: Article

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