Transparency of intergovernmental organizations: The roles of member states, international bureaucracies and nongovernmental organizations

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 625-648

  Grigorescu, Alexandru ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; BUREAUCRACY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFORMATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC ACCESS;

EID: 34548092977     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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