The architecture of partnerships: Urban communities in the shadow of hierarchy

Policy and Politics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-23

  Whitehead, Mark ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meta governance; New Labour; Urban communities; Urban partnerships

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; DEMOCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847010242     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557307779657685     Document Type: Article

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