Partnership and the limits to local governance in England: Institutionalist analysis and neoliberalism

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-97

  Geddes, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

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

EID: 33646133666     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2006.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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