Crisis and Policy Change: The Role of the Political Entrepreneur

Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1-24

  Hogan, John ^a   Feeney, Sharon ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

change; crisis; entrepreneur; policy; political

Indexed keywords

EID: 85147614880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19444079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1944-4079.1108     Document Type: Article

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