Global governance, state agency and competitiveness: The political economy of the commission for Africa

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-350

  Cammack, Paul ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA;

EID: 33745808739     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2006.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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