Addressing the legitimacy of the council-manager executive in local government

Local Government Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 633-656

  Howard, Joanna ^a   Sweeting, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; STOKE-ON-TRENT [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35348976136     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930701627316     Document Type: Article

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