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Articles

A New Way to Compare Horizontal Connections of Policy Sectors: “Coupling” of Actors, Institutions and Policies

Pages 419-434 | Received 06 Sep 2015, Accepted 30 Jun 2016, Published online: 07 Nov 2016

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