Managing within the matrix: Do collaborative intergovernmental relations exist?

Publius: The Journal of Federalism

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 31-56

  Agranoff, Robert ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039296549     PISSN: 00485950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a004895     Document Type: Article

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13. Ibid., 27.
14. Because this essay focuses on managing, Elazar's reference to collaborative intergovernmental relations appears more suitable than the metaphoric description of cooperative federalism, although its construction in this essay relies heavily on the cooperative federalism literature.
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36. Ibid, 381.
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