Governance Innovation and Social Services Provision in Greece: Towards a New Policy Paradigm?

Authors

  • Nikos Eystathios Papadakis Department of Political Science University of Crete
  • Sifis Plimakis Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Peloponnese

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.425.4034

Keywords:

Greek public administration, local governance, social services, decentralization, cross-sectoral collaborative partnerships, public consultation

Author Biography

Nikos Eystathios Papadakis, Department of Political Science University of Crete

Professor

Director of the Centre for Political Research and Documentation (KEPET)

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences/ University of Crete

Deputy Director of the University of Crete Research Center for the Humanities, the Social and Education Sciences (UCRC)

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Published

2018-01-01

How to Cite

Papadakis, N. E., & Plimakis, S. (2018). Governance Innovation and Social Services Provision in Greece: Towards a New Policy Paradigm?. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 4(25). https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.425.4034