Ranking and benchmarking: The political logic of new regulatory instruments in the fields of gender equality and anti-corruption

Policy and politics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-88

  van der Vleuten, Anna ^a   Verloo, Mieke ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Institut fur Die Wissenschaften Vom Menschen   (Austria)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Corruption; Gender equality; New regulatory tools; Reputation

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; EUROPEAN UNION; GENDER DISPARITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EID: 84857470067     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557310X550097     Document Type: Article

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