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  1. Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of the Peloponnese, Corinth, Greece

    Giorgio Oikonomou

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Oikonomou, G. (2020). Decentralizing Governance. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3918-1

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