Democracy in global governance: The promises and pitfalls of transnational actors

Global Governance

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-101

  Bexell, Magdalena ^a   Tallberg, Jonas ^b   Uhlin, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accountability; Democracy; Global governance; Participation; Transnational actors

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949133860     PISSN: 10752846     EISSN: 19426720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/19426720-01601006     Document Type: Article

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