Subnational governments in transnational networks for sustainable development

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-339

  Happaerts, Sander ^a   van den Brande, Karoline ^a   Bruyninckx, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ENCORE; Governance; Identity politics; nrg4SD; Sustainable development; Transnational networks of subnational governments

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NETWORK DESIGN; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TYPOLOGY;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS; WALLONIA;

EID: 78751611571     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-010-9128-4     Document Type: Article

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