Reforming local leadership and local democracy: The cases of England, Sweden, Germany and France in comparative perspective

Local Government Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 279-298

  Wollmann, Hellmut ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; DECISION MAKING; DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL REFORM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41749123949     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930701852344     Document Type: Article

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