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A View From the Antipodes: Comparing the Lombard and New Zealand Ways of Governance

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This chapter reviews the Lombard model of governance from a New Zealand perspective.

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McDermott, P. (2012). A View From the Antipodes: Comparing the Lombard and New Zealand Ways of Governance. In: Colombo, A. (eds) Subsidiarity Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137012104_5

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