Devolution and the political representation of business interests in the UK

Political Geography

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 293-315

  Wood, Andrew ^a   Valler, David ^b   Phelps, Nick ^c   Raco, Mike ^d   Shirlow, Pete ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business organizations; Devolution; Governance; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; DEVOLUTION; POLITICAL POWER;

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

EID: 15844386374     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2004.09.018     Document Type: Article

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