Metropolitan restructuring (and more restructuring) in South Africa

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-339

  Cameron, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Decentralisation; Local government; Metropolitan government

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA;

EID: 27244453141     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.383     Document Type: Article

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