Assessing incrementalism: Formative assumptions, contemporary realities

Policy and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-39

  Pal, Leslie A ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Globalization; Incrementalism; Partisan mutual adjustment; Policy networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951511204     PISSN: 14494035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polsoc.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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