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- ↑ Eugene Bardach and Eric Patashnik. "A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving, 6th Edition". CQ Press. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ↑ "List of scholarly works referencing A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis". Google Scholar. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ↑ Bardach, Eugene (2000). A practical guide for policy analysis: the eightfold path to more effective problem solving. Chatham House Publishers, Seven Bridges Press. ISBN 978-1-889119-29-8.
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