Decentralization, local government, and the welfare state

Governance

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 609-632

  Sellers, Jeffrey M ^a   Lidström, Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 37449018588     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: 14680491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2007.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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