Networks, innovation and public policy: Politicians, bureaucrats and the pathways to change inside government

Networks, Innovation and Public Policy: Politicians, Bureaucrats and the Pathways to Change Inside Government

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-231

  Considine, M ^a   Lewis, Jenny M ^a   Alexander, Damon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230595040     Document Type: Book

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