Governance or the crisis of governmentality? Applying critical state theory at the European level

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-33

  Bailey, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

'Soft' co ordination; Critical theory; Democracy; EU; New governance; State theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244473579     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760500380692     Document Type: Article

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