Evidence for agile policy makers: The contribution of transformative realism

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 225-244

  Room, Graham ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based policy making; Evolution; Ontology; Realism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879378772     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426413X662653     Document Type: Article

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