‘And the rest is implementation.’ Comparing approaches to what happens in policy processes beyond Great Expectations

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 103-121

  Hupe, Peter L ^a   Hill, Michael J ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Implementation; policy formation; policy formulation; policy implementation; public policy; public policy process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960078328     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: 17494192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952076715598828     Document Type: Article

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