Local government transparency in East Central Europe

Local Government Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 563-583

  Dowley, Kathleen M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; CORRUPTION; DECENTRALIZATION; DEMOCRATIZATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SERVICE;

BALTIC STATES; BULGARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; LATVIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; POLAND; ROMANIA; SLOVAKIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749851856     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930600896152     Document Type: Article

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