Pragmatic localism uncovered: The search for locally contingent solutions to national reform agendas

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1585-1599

  Coaffee, Jon ^a   Headlam, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; England; Local government; New localism; Partnership; Pragmatism

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PHILOSOPHY; POLICY MAKING; POLICY REFORM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 50049123711     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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