A Conceptual Framework for the Comparative Analysis of Policy Change: Measurement, Explanation and Strategies of Policy Dismantling

Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-44

  Bauer, Michael W ^a   Knill, Christoph ^b  

^a Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

policy change; policy density; policy dismantling; policy intensity; policy output; policy termination; political dismantling strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897106362     PISSN: 13876988     EISSN: 15725448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13876988.2014.885186     Document Type: Article

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