Governing from the centre(s): Governance challenges in the United States

Steering from the Centre: Strengthening Political Control in Western Democracies

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 123-146

  Peters, B Guy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b ZEPPELIN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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