Who is governing what? Governing local technical systems - An issue of accountability

Local Government Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-362

  Wihlborg, Elin ^a   Palm, Jenny ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Broadband; Energy; Energy companies; Governance; Government; Municipalities; Steering; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 46749117279     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930802044544     Document Type: Article

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