Torn in translation: An ethnographic study of regulatory decision-making in Turkey

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-241

  Kayaalp, Ebru ^a  

^a ISTANBUL SEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conflict; Diffusion; Regulation; Regulatory agency; Translation; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858196645     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2012.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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