Accountability and multi-level governance: More accountability, less democracy?

West European Politics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1030-1049

  Papadopoulos, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; DEMOCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 77955391469     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2010.486126     Document Type: Article

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