Devolution, decentralization and dispersal: Asserting the spatiality of the public sector in Scotland

European Planning Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 831-854

  Lloyd, M Greg ^a   Peel, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DEVOLUTION; MODERNIZATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL PLANNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33744931143     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310500496180     Document Type: Article

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