Facilitative governance: Transforming global health through complexity theory

Global Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 452-464

  Haffeld, Just ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

complex adaptive systems; complexity theory; global health; global health convention; governance

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; COMPLEXITY THEORY; EMPOWERMENT; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; THEORY; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; POLITICS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84859652423     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2011.649486     Document Type: Article

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