Understanding governance: Ten years on

Organization Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1243-1264

  Rhodes, R A W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Core executive; Decentred theory; Differentiated polity; Governance; Hollowing out; Policy networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250858887     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607076586     Document Type: Article

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