Stakeholder Consultation as Social Mobilization: Framing Scottish Mental Health Policy

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 823-844

  Sturdy, Steve ^a   Smith Merry, Jennifer ^a   Freeman, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consultation; Implementation; Mental health; Policy; Scotland; Social movement theory

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; MENTAL HEALTH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SOCIAL THEORY; STAKEHOLDER;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84868148488     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2012.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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