Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Implementation Research: A Critical Analysis and Suggested Synthesis

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 21-48

  Sabatier, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84976040877     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: 14697815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X00003846     Document Type: Article

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