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Book Title: Complexity And The Art Of Public Policy: Solving Society's P...
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Complexity and the Art of Public Policy : Solving Society's Problems from the Bottom Up
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Subject: Public Policy / General, General, Economics / General, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Economics / Theory
Item Height: 0.9 in
Item Weight: 14 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Business & Economics, Philosophy, Political Science
Author: David Colander, Roland Kupers
Item Length: 9.1 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
