Urban leadership in German local politics: The rise, role and performance of the directly elected (chief executive) mayor

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 150-165

  Wollmann, Hellmut ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEADERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL POWER; URBAN POLITICS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 1642347210     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0309-1317.2004.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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