Narratives and dilemmas of local bureaucratic elites: Whitehall at the coal face?

Public Administration

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-64

  Gains, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; DECISION MAKING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL REFORM;

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

EID: 60149085379     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2008.01741.x     Document Type: Article

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