Inter-institutional relations in the devolved Great Britain: Quiet diplomacy

Regional and Federal Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-135

  Horgan, Gerard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVOLUTION; DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3242704866     PISSN: 13597566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359756042000245197     Document Type: Article

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