The impact of metagovernance on local governance networks. lessons from danish employment policy

Local Government Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-316

  Damgaard, Bodil ^a   Torfing, Jacob ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Danish employment policy; Hands on hands off metagovernance; Metagovernance; Network functioning; Network governance

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

DENMARK;

EID: 79959242447     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2011.571254     Document Type: Article

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