Weaving the Fabric of Public Policies: Comparing and Integrating Contemporary Frameworks for the Study of Policy Processes

Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 273-289

  Howlett, Michael ^a,b   McConnell, Allan ^c   Perl, Anthony ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kingdon; multiple streams models; policy cycles; policy streams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941701917     PISSN: 13876988     EISSN: 15725448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13876988.2015.1082261     Document Type: Article

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