Middle Range Theory and Program Theory Evaluation: From Provenance to Practice

Mind the Gap: Perspectives on Policy Evaluation and the Social Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 171-202

  Pawson, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85138369395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315124537-11     Document Type: Chapter

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