Democratic governance in Iraq? Progress and peril in reforming state-society relations

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-73

  Brinkerhoff, Derick W ^a   Mayfield, James B ^a,b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DEMOCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 14644440799     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.348     Document Type: Article

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