Australia's regions: Congested governance or institutional void?

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-102

  Everingham, Jo Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Coordination; Deliberation; Governance; Networks; Regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749175113     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952076708097910     Document Type: Article

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