Belief System Continuity and Change in Policy Advocacy Coalitions: Using Cultural Theory to Specify Belief Systems, Coalitions, and Sources of Change

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 484-508

  Jenkins Smith, Hank ^a   Silva, Carol L ^a   Gupta, Kuhika ^a   Ripberger, Joseph T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy coalition framework; Belief systems; Cultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911473194     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psj.12071     Document Type: Article

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