Theories of the policy process: Contemporary scholarship and future directions

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 42, Issue S1, 2014, Pages

  Petridou, Evangelia ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Established theories of policy process; New theories of policy process; Policy entrepreneurs; Policy networks; Policy subsystems

Indexed keywords

PLANNING PROCESS; PLANNING THEORY; POLICY APPROACH;

EID: 84900421226     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psj.12054     Document Type: Article

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