Implementation failures revisited: Policy regime perspectives

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 277-299

  May, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

governance; Implementation failure; policy failure; policy regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941200426     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: 17494192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952076714561505     Document Type: Article

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