Rethinking policy-related research: charting a path using qualitative comparative analysis and complexity theory

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  2013

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  Contemporary Social Science

• Publication date

  2013-11-01

• Fields of study

  Political Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1080/21582041.2012.751500
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