Ambiguity, multiple streams, and EU policy

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 871-887

  Ackrill, Robert ^a   Kay, Adrian ^b   Zahariadis, Nikolaos ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; complexity; multiple streams; policy entrepreneurship; policy windows

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878586442     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2013.781824     Document Type: Article

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