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18 - U.S. Science and Technology Policy from World War II to 1960

from Part IV - The Policy Process and S&T Policy (Mainly) in the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2017

M. Granger Morgan
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Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
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Theory and Practice in Policy Analysis
Including Applications in Science and Technology
, pp. 497 - 520
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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