Local governance as government-business cooperation in Western democracies: Analysing local and intergovernmental effects by multi-level comparison

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 531-547

  Yáñez, Clemente J Navarro ^a   Magnier, Annick ^b   Ramírez, M Antonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross level comparison; Inter governmental relations; Local governance; Local government Systems; Local political arenas; Local political society; Multi level modelling; Situation alanalysis; Systemic power; Urban regime

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE SECTOR; DEMOCRACY; GLOBALIZATION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

EID: 51349150424     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2008.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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