Restructuring the local state: economic governance or social regulation?

Political Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 959-988

  Jones, Martin ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL DISCOURSE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031732226     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-6298(97)00090-5     Document Type: Article

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