Are elected executives needed to achieve accountability to citizens? Performance issues and form of government in large US cities

Public Sector Leadership: International Challenges and Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 109-124

  Svara, James ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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