The institutional design of executive formation in Northern Ireland

Regional and Federal Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 447-464

  McEvoy, Joanne ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict management; Executive formation; Institutional design; Northern Ireland; Power sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249167685     PISSN: 13597566     EISSN: 17439434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13597560600989037     Document Type: Article

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