Policymakers' use of social science research: Looking within and across policy actors

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 263-275

  Bogenschneider, Karen ^a   Little, Olivia M ^a   Johnson, Kristen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b National Council on Crime and Delinquency   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Decision making; Family law; Family policy; Field research; Social context

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875265792     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12009     Document Type: Article

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