The Dissemination of Policy Research to Policymakers
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Knowledge
- Vol. 6 (2) , 125-144
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0164025984006002001
Abstract
Suppose that, despite certain appearances, significant policy research results did in fact reach most of those practitioners who could and would make use of them, and in a relatively timely way. What processes might produce this result? Some conjectures are offered, along with certain political and policy implications.Keywords
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