Causes and conditions of cross-national policy convergence

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 775-796

  Holzinger, Katharina ^a   Knill, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europeanization; Policy convergence; Policy diffusion, policy transfer, public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444450239     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760500161357     Document Type: Conference Paper

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