Paying Attention to Politics: Public Responsiveness and Welfare Policy Change

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 309-332

  Bendz, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health care; Policy feedback; Public responsiveness; Thermostatic model; Welfare policy

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; IDEOLOGY; PERCEPTION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICS; WELFARE REFORM;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84937967664     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psj.12098     Document Type: Article

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