Thinking Outside the Box? Applying Design Theory to Public Policy

Politics and Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 704-724

  Considine, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Design Theory; Expertise; Heuristics; Policy Making; Public Administration Theory; Public Policy; Theories of Public Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864739291     PISSN: 15555623     EISSN: 17471346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2012.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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