Governance by diffusion: Exploring a new mechanism of international policy coordination

Governance, Democracy and Sustainable Development: Moving Beyond the Impasse

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 221-248

  Busch, Per Olof ^a   Jörgens, Helge ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Environmental Policy Research Centre   (Germany)

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EID: 84881781706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781849807579.00019     Document Type: Chapter

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