Dealing with Dualities: The Daily Life of a Dutch King’s Commissioner (2024)

van Dorp, G. H., & van de Donk, W. (2021). Dealing with Dualities: The Daily Life of a Dutch King’s Commissioner. In G. Tanguy, & J.-M. Eymeri-Douzans (Eds.), Prefects, Governors and Commissioners: Territorial Representatives of the State in Europe (1 ed., pp. 189-212). (Governance and Public Management). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59396-4_9

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van Dorp, GH & van de Donk, W 2021, Dealing with Dualities: The Daily Life of a Dutch King’s Commissioner. in G Tanguy & J-M Eymeri-Douzans (eds), Prefects, Governors and Commissioners: Territorial Representatives of the State in Europe. 1 edn, Governance and Public Management, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 189-212. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59396-4_9

Dealing with Dualities: The Daily Life of a Dutch King’s Commissioner. / van Dorp, G.H.; van de Donk, Wim.
Prefects, Governors and Commissioners: Territorial Representatives of the State in Europe. ed. / Gildas Tanguy; Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans. 1. ed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. p. 189-212 (Governance and Public Management).

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