Active citizenship and effective public services and programmes: How can we know what really works?

Urban Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 993-1008

  Brannan, Tessa ^a   John, Peter ^a   Stoker, Gerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; PUBLIC SERVICE;

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

EID: 33646711246     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980600676626     Document Type: Review

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