Building European Union capacity to manage transboundary crises: Network or lead-agency model?

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 418-436

  Boin, Arjen ^a   Busuioc, Madalina ^b   Groenleer, Martijn ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(de)centralization; Coordination; EU crisis management; European Union agencies; Network governance; Transboundary crises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913612168     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rego.12035     Document Type: Article

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