Local government and the changing institutional landscape of economic development in England and Wales

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 317-347

  Fuller, Crispian ^a   Bennett, Robert J ^b   Ramsden, MarK ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2942687435     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c31m     Document Type: Article

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