Analysing the politics of local economic development: Making sense of cross-national convergence

Urban Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1281-1295

  Wood, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000092129     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098966655     Document Type: Article

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