The management of local government modernisation: Area decentralisation and pragmatic localism

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-177

  Coaffee, Jon ^a   Johnston, Lorraine ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change management; Decentralized control; Local government; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MODERNIZATION;

EID: 19644377615     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550510584982     Document Type: Review

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