What happens on the ground: Persistent issues in implementation research

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 164-182

  Hupe, Peter ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

implementation studies; implementation theory and research; policy process; policy implementation paradigm; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898920463     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952076713518339     Document Type: Article

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