Non-Hierarchical Evaluation of Policy

Evaluation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 201-216

  Carlsson, Lars ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bottom up; evaluation space; implementation; network analysis; policymaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958537697     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13563890022209217     Document Type: Article

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