Policy analysis in Canada the state of the art

Policy Analysis in Canada: The State of the Art

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 4-17

  Dobuzinskis, Laurent ^a   Howlett, Michael ^a   Laycock, David ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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