Local histories and local sensemaking: A case of policy implementation in the English National Health Service

Policy and Politics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-306

  Coleman, Anna ^a   Checkland, Kath ^a   Harrison, Stephen ^a   Hiroeh, Urara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

History; Implementation; Institution; Practice based commissioning; Sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952299024     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557309X462547     Document Type: Article

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