Why National Ministries Consider the Policy Advice of International Bureaucracies: Survey Evidence from 106 Countries.
Scholars of international relations and public administration widely assume that international bureaucracies, in their role as policy advisors, directly influence countries' domestic policies. Yet, this is not true across the board. Why do some countries closely consider the advice of international...
| Publicado en: | International Studies Quarterly Vol. 65; no. 3; pp. 669 - 683 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Sep2021
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