Prime Ministers and political narratives for policy change: Towards a heuristic

Policy and politics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 569-586

  Grube, Dennis ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Political narratives; Prime ministers; Rhetoric; Westminster

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; HEURISTICS; POLICY REFORM; POLITICAL RELATIONS;

CITY OF WESTMINSTER; ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84868631673     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557312X13351982118318     Document Type: Article

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