Governance from the bottom up: Complexity and divergence in comparative perspective

Public Administration

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-73

  Capano, Giliberto ^a   Rayner, Jeremy ^b   Zito, Anthony R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FEDERAL SYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

CANADA; ENGLAND; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84858702102     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.02001.x     Document Type: Article

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