Front-line workers and 'local knowledge': Neighbourhood stories in contemporary UK local governance

Public Administration

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-49

  Durose, Catherine ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SALFORD [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 60149111546     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2008.01737.x     Document Type: Article

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