A qualitative narrative policy framework? Examining the policy narratives of US campaign finance regulatory reform

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 193-220

  Gray, Garry ^a   Jones, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign finance; narrative policy framework; qualitative methods; qualitative NPF; regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973301103     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: 17494192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952076715623356     Document Type: Article

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