Market-based governance and the challenge for rural governments: US trends

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 612-631

  Warner, Mildred E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Local government; Privatization; Rural development

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; POLICY MAKING; PRIVATIZATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLICY;

EID: 33749411055     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2006.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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