The limits of joined-up government: Towards a political analysis

Public Administration

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-96

  Davies, Jonathan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL INCLUSION;

DUNDEE [SCOTLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KINGSTON UPON HULL [ENGLAND]; KINGSTON UPON HULL [KINGSTON UPON HULL (ADS)]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 60149086970     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2008.01740.x     Document Type: Article

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