A River Runs Through It: A Multiple Streams Meta-Review

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 13-36

  Jones, Michael D ^a   Peterson, Holly L ^a   Pierce, Jonathan J ^b   Herweg, Nicole ^c   Bernal, Amiel ^d   Lamberta Raney, Holly ^e   Zahariadis, Nikolaos ^f  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Virginia Tech ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Meta review; Multiple streams; Theories of the policy process

Indexed keywords

LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84956593698     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psj.12115     Document Type: Article

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