Studying implementation beyond deficit analysis: The top-down view reconsidered

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 145-163

  Hupe, Peter ^a   Hill, Michael ^b   Nangia, Monika ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

implementation studies; policy process; Public policy; top down versus bottom up controversy; top down view

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898849056     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952076713517520     Document Type: Article

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