Beyond ideal types of municipal structure: Adapted cities in michigan

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 304-321

  Carr, Jered B ^a   Karuppusamy, Shanthi ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adapted cities; CAO; City charter; Council manager; Mayor council; Michigan; Reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849208669     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074008319217     Document Type: Article

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