Local government, local economic development and quality of life in Poland

GeoJournal

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 225-234

  Young, C ^a   Kaczmarek, S ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Decentralisation; Economic development; Foreign direct investment; Governance; Institutional thickness; Local economic development; Local government; Quality of life; Tourism

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (LED);

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL ECONOMY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF GOVERNMENT;

POLAND;

EID: 0034461671     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007197330116     Document Type: Article

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