Elected Mayors: More Distraction Than Attraction?

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-28

  Game, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 12344294337     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095207670301800103     Document Type: Article

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