Into the mainstream: Local democracy in Central and Eastern Europe

Local Government Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 543-561

  Campbell, Adrian ^a   Coulson, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33749859501     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930600896129     Document Type: Article

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