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Reconstructing policy analysis: A postpositivist perspective

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  1. Department of Political Science, Rutgers University, 07120, Newark, NJ, USA

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Fischer, F. Reconstructing policy analysis: A postpositivist perspective. Policy Sci 25, 333–339 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00138788

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