Environmental federalism revisited: Second-order devolution in air quality regulation

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 721-739

  Woods, Neal D ^a   Potoski, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Governance; Pollution; Regional governance

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DEVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; FEDERAL SYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION POLICY; REGULATORY APPROACH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958606384     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2010.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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