The isomorphism of local development policy: A case study of the formation and transformation of national development zones in Post-Mao Jiangsu, China

Urban Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-294

  Chien, Shiuh Shen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; LOCAL ECONOMY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POST-COMMUNISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU;

EID: 41149104585     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098007085963     Document Type: Article

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