Emerging theoretical understanding of pluricentric coordination in public governance

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-394

  Pedersen, Reff Anne ^a   Sehested, Karina ^b   Sorensen, Eva ^c  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

generally; governance; institutional theory; organization theory; public administration; public administration administrative theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958049800     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074010378159     Document Type: Article

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