Toothless tigers? Councillor perceptions of new scrutiny arrangements in Welsh local government

Local Government Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1-18

  Ashworth, Rachel ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVOLUTION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 0038607740     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930308559367     Document Type: Article

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