Complex global governance and domestic policies: Four pathways of influence

International Affairs

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 585-604

  Bernstein, Steven ^a   Cashore, Benjamin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84858847822     PISSN: 00205850     EISSN: 14682346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2012.01090.x     Document Type: Article

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