More micro than meta? Competing concepts of metagovernance in the European Union

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-91

  Stark, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Administrative organization and structures; crisis management; European Union; metagovernance; multi level government; networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920937226     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: 17494192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952076714543862     Document Type: Article

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