Learning from Experience? Second-Order Policy Devolution and Government Responsiveness
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عنوان ژورنال: Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1855-363X,1581-5374
DOI: 10.4335/8.1.65-92(2010)