Explaining Governance Outcomes: Epistemology, Network Governance and Policy Network Analysis

Political Studies Review

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-207

  Fawcett, Paul ^a   Daugbjerg, Carsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coordination; Governance; Legitimacy; Policy networks

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NETWORK ANALYSIS; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 84859405756     PISSN: 14789299     EISSN: 14789302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-9302.2012.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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