Reviewing empirical explanations of policy change: Options for its analysis and future fields of research

Allgemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung

Volumn 182, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 248-259

  Giessen, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessing analytical frameworks; Criteria; Dependent variable; Explanations; Factors; Independent variables; Policy change; Policy sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857516542     PISSN: 00025852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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