After the "master theory": Downs, schattschneider, and the rebirth of policy-focused analysis

Perspectives on Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 643-662

  Hacker, Jacob S ^a   Pierson, Paul ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84910665329     PISSN: 15375927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1537592714001637     Document Type: Article

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