Self-regulation as policy process: The multiple and criss-crossing stages of private rule-making

Policy Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-72

  Porter, Tony ^a   Ronit, Karsten ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 33745307612     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-006-9008-5     Document Type: Article

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