Private philanthropy or policy transfer? The transnational norms of the Open Society Institute

Policy and Politics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-287

  Stone, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global governance; Networks; Philanthropic foundation; Policy transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956251575     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557309X458416     Document Type: Article

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