Directly elected mayors: A tonic for local governance or old wine in new bottles?

Local Government Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 576-588

  Copus, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEADERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PARTY POLITICS;

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

EID: 12344320212     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300393042000318003     Document Type: Article

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