An advocacy coalition framework approach to the rise and fall of Social Partnership

Irish Political Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-93

  Adshead, Maura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Advocacy Coalition Framework; Ireland; policy change; policy crisis; Social Partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651400035     PISSN: 07907184     EISSN: 17439078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07907184.2011.531106     Document Type: Article

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