Turning governance thinking upside-down? Insights from 'the politics of what works

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1231-1247

  Hickey, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELITE POLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INCENTIVE; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 84864012815     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2012.695516     Document Type: Article

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