Reforming local public administration in Romania: Trends and obstacles

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 629-648

  Dragoş, Dacian C ^a   Neamţu, Bogdana ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Administrative capacity; Administrative territorial units; City manager; Community development associations; Decentralization; Local autonomy

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARY; AUTONOMY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DECENTRALIZATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TERRITORIAL PLANNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 39049083010     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852307083464     Document Type: Conference Paper

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