New forms of local accountability: Coming to terms with 'many hands'?

Policy and Politics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 353-369

  Sullivan, Helen ^a  

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

Author keywords

Joined up government; Local accountability; Local government

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MODERNIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

EID: 0041344657     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557303322034992     Document Type: Article

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