Policy relevance: a sceptical view.
The academic international relations community has come under fire, both in Australia and overseas, for its supposed irrelevance to real-world issues. Recommendations have been made for ‘bridging’ this ‘gap’ between the scholarly and policy worlds. This article takes a sceptical look at some of thes...
| Published in: | Australian Journal of International Affairs Vol. 71; no. 3; pp. 300 - 315 |
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