Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis to understand complex policy problems

Evaluation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 126-140

  Blackman, Tim ^a   Wistow, Jonathan ^b   Byrne, Dave ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complexity; health inequalities; Qualitative Comparative Analysis; teenage conceptions; wicked issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876178414     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389013484203     Document Type: Article

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