Policy transfer, consultants and the geographies of governance

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 188-203

  Prince, Russell ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

consultants and consultancies; global policy networks; governance; policy transfer; political geography

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEGEMONY; POLICY STRATEGY; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84857883569     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132511417659     Document Type: Article

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