Advancing the governance of cross-sectoral policies for sustainable development: A metagovernance perspective

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-323

  Christopoulos, Stamatios ^a   Horvath, Balazs ^a   Kull, Michael ^b  

^a CIS ^*  (Slovakia)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coordination; Metagovernance; Policy mix; Sustainable development; UN system

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84862591149     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.1629     Document Type: Article

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