Policy Assemblages, Mobilities and Mutations: Toward a Multidisciplinary Conversation

Political Studies Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 325-332

  Mccann, Eugene ^a   Ward, Kevin ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methodology; Mobilities; Mutations; Policy assemblages; Policy transfer

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; METHODOLOGY; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH;

EID: 84864841425     PISSN: 14789299     EISSN: 14789302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-9302.2012.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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