What have we learned from policy transfer research? Dolowitz and Marsh revisited

Political Studies Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 366-378

  Benson, David ^a   Jordan, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lesson drawing; Policy analysis; Policy diffusion; Policy innovation; Policy transfer

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH;

EID: 80051592403     PISSN: 14789299     EISSN: 14789302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-9302.2011.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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