Public scrutiny, standards and the planning system: Assessing professional values within a modernized local government

Public Administration

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 761-780

  Allmendinger, Philip ^a   Tewdwr Jones, Mark ^b   Morphet, Janice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PLANNING SYSTEM; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICE;

EID: 0346271506     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-3298.2003.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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