What Do Numbers Do in Transnational Governance?

International Political Sociology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 409-426

  Hansen, Hans Krause ^a   Porter, Tony ^b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84870687976     PISSN: 17495679     EISSN: 17495687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ips.12001     Document Type: Article

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