Ethics at the crossroads? Developments in the ethical framework for local government

Local Government Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 624-638

  Lawton, Alan ^a   Macaulay, Michael ^a  

^a University of Teesside   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MODERNIZATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12344275469     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300393042000318021     Document Type: Article

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