Of roles and rules: Analysing the changing relationship between political leaders and chief executives in local government

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-200

  Leach, Steve ^a   Lowndes, Vivien ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chief executives; Leadership; Local government; Local politics; Mayors; New institutionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247346619     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952076707075892     Document Type: Article

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