Governance as political theory

Critical Policy Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-72

  Peters, B Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative politics; Governance; Political theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956219016     PISSN: 19460171     EISSN: 1946018X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2011.555683     Document Type: Article

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