Rhodes' contribution to governance theory: Praise, criticism and the future governance debate

Public Administration

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-113

  Kjær, Anne Mette ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79952742282     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01903.x     Document Type: Article

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