A decade of decentralisation? Assessing the role of the Government Offices for the English regions

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1395-1412

  Musson, Steven ^a,b   Tickell, Adam ^a   John, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REGIONAL POLITICS;

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

EID: 23644443972     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a36253     Document Type: Article

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