Scope and patterns of metropolitan governance in urban America: Probing the complexities in the Kansas City region

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-353

  Wood, Curtis ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergovernmental relations; Lifestyle services; Metropolitan governance; System maintenance services

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746678557     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074005284071     Document Type: Article

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