Democracy transformed? Reforms in Britain and the Netherlands (1990-2010)

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 307-317

  Hendriks, Frank ^a   Michels, Ank ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparative politics; Democratic reforms; Direct democracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956309321     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2011.557815     Document Type: Article

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