Policy transfer in immature policy environments: Motives, scope, role models and agents

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-166

  Randma Liiv, Tiina ^a   Kruusenberg, Riin ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Estonia; Latvia; Policy copying; Policy transfer; Post communist transition; Probation

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING;

ESTONIA; LATVIA;

EID: 84859718511     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.1609     Document Type: Article

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