The weakness of strong policies and the strength of weak policies: Law, experimentalist governance, and supporting coalitions in European Union health care policy

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-203

  Greer, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Courts; European Union; Experimentalist governance; Health care; Health policy; OMC

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955492544     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2011.01107.x     Document Type: Article

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