What is to be done about the paid informal sector in the European union? A review of some policy options

International Planning Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 315-327

  Windebank, Jan ^a   Williams, Colin C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; INFORMAL SECTOR; URBAN PLANNING;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031418725     PISSN: 13563475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563479708721687     Document Type: Article

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