Between centralism and localism: On the development of local self-government in postsocialist Europe

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-159

  Elander, I ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT LEGITIMACY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SELF-GOVERNMENT;

EUROPE, EAST;

EID: 0031406719     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c150143     Document Type: Article

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