Privatization comes to town: National policies and local responses - The Bristol case

Regional Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-265

  Hoare, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bristol; Local regional impacts; Privatization; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; NATIONAL POLICY; PRIVATISATION; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 0030690232     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409750134674     Document Type: Article

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