Modernising political management in local government

Urban Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 931-950

  Hambleton, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034099627     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980050011163     Document Type: Article

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