Local government in the Baltic States: Similar but different

Local Government Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 623-637

  Vanags, Edvins ^a   Vilka, Inga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; ELECTION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749851553     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930600896244     Document Type: Article

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