Specialization in government: The uneven use of special districts in metropolitan areas

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 283-313

  Foster, Kathryn A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Governance Project

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRICT USE; METROPOLITAN AREA; PLANNING PROCESS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SERVICE DELIVERY; SPECIAL DISTRICT; URBAN SERVICE;

USA;

EID: 0029776988     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107808749603100301     Document Type: Article

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