All bark and no bite?: The implementation styles of the European Union and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in education policy

International Organizations and Implementation: Enforcers, Managers, Authorities?

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 88-110

  Martens, Kerstin ^a   Balzer, Carolin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84911046368     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203936184     Document Type: Chapter

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