Decision-Making Patterns in Multilevel Governance: The contribution of informal and procedural interactions to significant multilevel decisions

Public Management Review

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 951-971

  van Popering Verkerk, Jitske ^a   van Buuren, Arwin ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

decision making; informal interactions; Multi level governance; procedural interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926173363     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2015.1028974     Document Type: Article

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