Policy learning? Crisis, evidence and reinvention in the making of public policy

Policy and politics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 473-489

  Hulme, Rob ^a   Hulme, Moira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Democratic localism; Evidence; Policy learning

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84868640704     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557312X645757     Document Type: Article

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