Expert knowledge use and deliberation in local policy making

Policy Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-49

  Lundin, Martin ^a   Öberg, PerOla ^b  

^a Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deliberation; Expert knowledge; Local government; Policy making; Political disputes; Public attention; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893920018     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-013-9182-1     Document Type: Article

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