Community governance and democracy

Policy and Politics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-144

  Somerville, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community governance; Countervailing power; Democratisation; Metagovernance; Oligarchy

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

EID: 11344269661     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/0305573052708438     Document Type: Review

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