The emerging roles of county governments in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas: Findings from national survey

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-259

  Lobao, Linda ^a   Kraybill, David S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

County government; Devolution; Economic development; Rural counties; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

EID: 22944469799     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242405276514     Document Type: Article

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