Rethinking multilevel governance as an instance of multilevel politics: A conceptual strategy

Territory, Politics, Governance

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 33-51

  Alcantara, Christopher ^a   Broschek, Jörg ^a   Nelles, Jen ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Federalism; Intergovernmental relations; Multilevel governance; Policy; Water governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971422218     PISSN: 21622671     EISSN: 2162268X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21622671.2015.1047897     Document Type: Article

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