Does federalism matter for biopolicies? switzerland in comparative perspective

Swiss Political Science Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-136

  Rothmayr, Christine ^a,b,c   Varone, Frédéric ^a,b,c   Montpetit, Eric ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actor centred institutionalism; Biomedicine; Comparative policy analysis; Federalism; Policy design

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544280742     PISSN: 14247755     EISSN: 16626370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1662-6370.2003.tb00402.x     Document Type: Article

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