Interpreting narratives of local government change under the conservatives and new labour

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 371-385

  Orr, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL CHANGE;

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

EID: 22944436458     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2005.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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