Subnational governance approaches on the rise-reviewing a decade of eastern european regionalization research

Regional and Federal Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-347

  Pitschel, Diana ^a   Bauer, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conditionality; Decentralization; New EU member states; Regionalization; Subnational governance; Transition

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; REGIONALISM; REGIONALIZATION; STATE BUILDING;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449449888     PISSN: 13597566     EISSN: 17439434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13597560902957450     Document Type: Article

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