Learning in international governmental organizations: The case of social protection

Global Social Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-217

  Duina, Francesco ^a   Nedergaard, Peter ^b  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epistemic communities; Governance; International governmental organizations; Policy learning; Social protection

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; LEARNING; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 77954829249     PISSN: 14680181     EISSN: 17412803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468018110366617     Document Type: Article

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