Problem definition and re-evaluating a policy: The real successes of a regeneration scheme

Critical Policy Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-260

  Matthews, Peter ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evaluation; interpretive policy analysis; local knowledge; regeneration; Scotland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869420118     PISSN: 19460171     EISSN: 1946018X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2012.699233     Document Type: Article

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