Multi-level Governance, Multi-level Deficits: The Case of Drinking Water Management in Hungary

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 253-267

  Leventon, Julia ^a   Antypas, Alexios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Environmental legislation; Europeanization; Governance; Implementation; New member states

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

HUNGARY;

EID: 84865155387     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.1590     Document Type: Article

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