Tales From the Crypt: The Rise and Fall (and Rebirth?) of Policy Design

Administration and Society

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 357-381

  Howlett, Michael ^a   Lejano, Raul P ^b,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

globalization; governance; policy design; policy making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877816054     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399712459725     Document Type: Article

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