High expectations, varying outcomes: Decentralization and participation in Brazil, Japan, Russia and Sweden

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 425-451

  Andrews, Christina W ^a   de Vries, Michiel S ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brazil; Decentralization; Japan; Participation; Russia; Sweden

Indexed keywords

AID ORGANIZATION; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPOWERMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC SERVICE; WORLD BANK;

ASIA; BRAZIL; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTHERN EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SWEDEN;

EID: 34548654391     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852307081151     Document Type: Article

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