Distributed public governance in Britain

Public Administration

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 883-909

  Flinders, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL SYSTEM; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 4544275533     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-3298.2004.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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