Diluting the role of party groups? Implications of the 2006 local government white paper

Local Government Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-321

  Leach, Steve ^a   Wilson, David ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executives; Leadership; Mayors; Party group; Politics

Indexed keywords

LEADERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL POWER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 46749097267     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930802044502     Document Type: Article

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